Nahanjeon Hall

This is the Buddhist hall at Dosoram Hermitage, one of the hermitages within the grounds of Seonunsa Temple. It has three bays across the front and one bay in depth, with a gable roof; judging from its construction technique, the present building appears to have been built in the late Joseon period. Inside Nahanjeon Hall, a clay statue of Sakyamuni Buddha is enshrined at the centre, flanked by his disciples Kasyapa and Ananda, together with sixteen arhat (nahan) statues brought here from Yongmunam Hermitage in 1910. Dosoram Hermitage stands about 150m west of Daeungjeon Hall. Originally there were six hermitages called Dosoram, but today only two remain, an upper and a lower one. According to tradition, during the Joseon period a serpent-like creature called an imugi lived in Yongmungul Cave at Dosoram and tormented the local people; to drive it out, arhat statues were brought from India and enshrined there, and the creature duly disappeared. Nahanjeon Hall is said to have been built on the very rock the creature had bored through, so that it could never return.

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Where it is

Region

Gochang, Jeonbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료