Yeongtapsa Temple Temple Bell

This is a bell made in the Joseon dynasty, 60cm high and 46cm in diameter at the mouth. An inscription on the bell states that it was cast in 1760, the thirty-seventh year of King Yeongjo, by melting down a bronze bell that had been kept in the main hall of Gayasa Temple. According to Myeongchal Sullye (A Pilgrimage to Famous Temples), the bell at the Yeombuldang Hall of Bongwonsa Temple in Seoul is identical in size and form to the bell at Yeongtapsa Temple, and was likewise cast from the Gayasa Temple bronze bell. The Yeombuldang Hall is said to have been built by relocating Heungseon Daewongun's private residence. Gayasa Temple stood at the southern foot of Mt. Seowonsan in Yesan, South Chungcheong Province; according to geomantic theory that this temple site would produce a king, Heungseon Daewongun burned down Gayasa Temple in 1840, the sixth year of King Hyeonjong, and built the grave of his father Namyeongun (1788–1836) there. Later, when his son ascended the throne as Emperor Gojong, it is said that Bodeoksa Temple was built on the site in gratitude.

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Region

Dangjin, Chungnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료