Cheongamsa Temple Bogwangjeon Hall

Cheongamsa Temple was founded by Doseon in 858, the second year of King Heonan of Unified Silla, and has been rebuilt several times since. There is no record of when Bogwangjeon Hall itself was first built, but records show it was rebuilt in 1782, the sixth year of King Jeongjo of Joseon, indicating that it already existed before that date. There is also a tradition that, earlier still, in 1689, the fifteenth year of King Sukjong, when Queen Inhyeon was deposed because of Jang Hui-bin and went into seclusion in Geungnakjeon Hall of Cheongamsa Temple, Bogwangjeon Hall was built to the west of Geungnakjeon Hall to pray for her restoration. The hall was rebuilt again in 1905, the ninth year of the Gwangmu era, but was destroyed by fire in 1911 and rebuilt the following year, remaining in that form to this day. It measures three bays across the front and two bays along the side. The decorative brackets supporting the roof eaves combine the dapo style, in which brackets are placed both above and between the columns, with the ikgong style, carved in the shape of a bird's wings. Inside, the hall enshrines a forty-two-armed Avalokiteshvara (Gwaneum Bosal), and its walls are hung with paintings including a Mountain Spirit Painting, a Lone Sage Painting and a Painting of Divine Images, while a Buddhist painting is drawn on the upper wall. The hall displays an eclectic method of construction rare among surviving traditional buildings, making it important material for the study of temple architecture.

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Where it is

Region

Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료