Heungguksa Temple Palsangjeon Hall, Yeosu

The eight phases (palsang) are a division of the life of Sakyamuni, the central Buddha of the Lotus Sutra, into eight great episodes. A palsangjeon hall was commonly built at temples where faith in the Lotus Sutra was practised; it enshrines Sakyamuni Buddha as the principal image and depicts the episodes of his life in eight painted panels. The Palsangjeon Hall of Heungguksa Temple was built in the late Joseon period, around the seventeenth century, and later repaired; it is a three-bay, hip-and-gable-roofed building in the multi-bracket (dapo) style, ranking as an auxiliary building second only to the Daeungjeon Hall. Its central doorway has four door leaves, and the doorways on either side have three leaves each, decorated with comb-tooth and lattice ('well'-shaped) patterns. The pillars show entasis, an inward lean and corner-column elevation, all traditional features, and above the altar hangs a canopy in the shape of the character '亞', making the hall very splendid. More than fifty roof tiles bearing inscriptions from the late Joseon period have also been found, which help to document the building history of Heungguksa Temple.

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Yeosu, Jeonnam & Gwangju

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료