Yeongeunsa Temple Daeungjeon Hall

According to the Gongsanji, Yeongeunsa Temple was built in 1458, the fourth year of King Sejo of Joseon, and records state that in 1616, the eighth year of King Gwanghaegun, a monk general was stationed here to oversee the temples of the whole country. Yeongeunsa Temple today comprises Wontongjeon Hall, the main worship hall, and Gwanillu, a lecture hall. Wontongjeon Hall is three bays across the front and two bays deep; wing-shaped bracket members, which both support the beams on the columns and serve a decorative purpose, form an ikgong-style gabled roof. It measures 21 m overall, and the present building was repaired in December 1933. Gwanillu bears the weight of the eaves on bracket sets made of interlocking wooden members, which also serve a decorative purpose, placed only above the columns, in the jusimpo style, with a hipped-and-gabled roof. During the Japanese invasions of Korea, the hall served as quarters for monk soldiers, who, once trained here, are said to have taken part in the Battle of Geumsan under the command of the monk general Yeonggyu. Six Buddha statues from the Unified Silla period have been excavated near Yeongeunsa Temple, suggesting that a temple already existed on this site before the Joseon period.

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Gongju, Chungnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료