Daeungjeon Hall of Sojaesa Temple

Sojaesa Temple stands at an elevation of 450 metres on the south-western slope of Biseulsan Mountain. It is traditionally said to have first been founded during the Silla period. A ridge-beam inscription found during the 2000 repair of Daeungjeon Hall records that it was built together with Myeongbujeon Hall in 1673, and was later repaired in 1857, the eighth year of King Cheoljong, by the monk Beomno. Records stating that the monks residing there, together with those at hermitages within the mountain, once numbered as many as 300 suggest that this was formerly a temple of considerable scale, and that its monastic precinct must once have been extensive. Daeungjeon Hall is a three-bay by three-bay building with a dapo-style (multiple bracket-cluster) gable roof. It stands on round columns set on naturally shaped foundation stones, atop a low, single-tier stone platform. All three bays of the front wall are fitted with doors: the central bay has a four-panel hinged door, and the side bays each have two-panel hinged doors. The rear wall likewise has a single-panel hinged door in each of the side bays; both the front and rear door panels have recently been replaced, as have some of the door frames. However, traces of a mitred joint remain in the central rear bay, showing that a two-panel door once stood there; fitting doors and windows across all three rear bays in this way is a feature commonly found from the mid-17th to the early 18th century.

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Where it is

Region

Dalseong, Daegu

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료