Geonbongsa Temple Burimun Gate

This is the only building still standing on the ruined site of Geonbongsa Temple, which was destroyed during the Korean War. Burimun, also known as Haetalmun Gate, is a Buddhist gate marking the entrance from the world of earthly desire into the world of enlightenment. The Burimun gate that survives on the Geonbongsa Temple site was built in 1920. It is one kan wide across the front and one kan deep - a kan being the bay between a building's pillars - and is topped with a paljak roof, a hipped-and-gabled roof that forms the shape of the Chinese character for "eight" when seen from the side. Each pillar is carved with a vajra motif, and a plaque reading "Burimun (不二門)" hangs beneath the front eaves. It was written by Kim Gyu-jin, sobriquet Haegang, tutor to Crown Prince Yeong, the last crown prince of the Joseon dynasty. Around the gate stand a stone pillar inscribed with the Buddhist invocation "Namu Amitabul" and a monument to Neungpagyo Bridge, among others.

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Goseong, Gangwon

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료