Taeansa Temple

Taeansa Temple is said to have been founded in the first year of King Gyeongdeok of Unified Silla (742) by three unnamed monks. During the Goryeo period the Great Master Gwangja greatly expanded it; at that time the temple is said to have comprised some 40-odd buildings totalling 110 kan (a traditional unit measuring a building's bays), and the main hall is thought to have enshrined a seated iron statue of Bhaisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha, 1.4 m tall. In the 10th year of King Gojong of Goryeo (1223), Choe U, the ruling power of the day, had it rebuilt, and records show that in the 10th year of King Sukjong of Joseon (1684) the abbot Gakhyeon built a new storehouse. Notably, in the early Joseon period Prince Hyoryeong, the second son of King Taejong, had ties to the temple, having stayed here. The temple suffered extensive damage during the Korean War, so most of the buildings standing today are restorations. Within the temple grounds stand the Stupa of Seon Master Jeogin, the funerary stupa of Seon Master Hyecheol (a treasure); the Stupa of Great Master Gwangja, the funerary stupa of the monk Yunda, posthumously titled Great Master Gwangja (a treasure); the Stele for Great Master Gwangja (a treasure); the Taeansa Daebara, a pair of large cymbals used in performing Seungmu, a monk's ceremonial dance (a treasure); the Bronze Bell of Taeansa (a treasure); the Ilju-mun, the temple's one-pillar gate (a treasure); and the Three-Story Stone Pagoda of Taeansa, a provincial Cultural Heritage Material.

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Where it is

Region

Gokseong, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료