Simgoksa Temple Daeungjeon Hall

Simgoksa Temple is said to have been first built by the Venerable Muyeom of Silla, and its Daeungjeon Hall is said to have been erected in 1819, the nineteenth year of King Sunjo of Joseon. The hall measures three kan across the front and two kan along the side, with a paljak roof, which seen from the side takes the shape of the character 八 (eight). Inside, the hall enshrines a statue of Sakyamuni Buddha at the centre, flanked by the bodhisattvas Jijang (Kshitigarbha) and Gwaneum (Avalokiteshvara); judging from the technique and style of the statues, they are presumed to date from the Joseon period. The hall also contains four taenghwa — Buddhist devotional paintings — depicting Amitabha Buddha and attendants hung behind the altar (two pieces), a group of guardian deities (sinjung, one piece), the Ten Kings' Messenger (hyeonwang, one piece) and the Seven Stars (chilseong, one piece), together with one wooden image of an arhat (nahan).

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Where it is

Region

Iksan, Jeonbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료