Gaesimsa Temple Simgeomdang Hall

According to the temple's records, Gaesimsa Temple was built by State Preceptor Hyegam in the fifth year of Queen Jindeok of Silla and the fourteenth year of King Uija of Baekje, but the fifth year of Queen Jindeok (651) and the fourteenth year of King Uija (654) fall in different years. Within the temple compound are heritage structures including the Daeungjeon Hall of Gaesimsa Temple (a treasure), as well as the Myeongbujeon Hall and the Muryangsugak Pavilion. Among these, there is no documentary record of when Simgeomdang Hall was built, so its construction date is unknown; it is only presumed to have been rebuilt in 1484, the fifteenth year of King Seongjong of Joseon. It measures three kan (a traditional unit of a building's bay width) across the front and three kan along the side, with an annexe of three kan across the front and five kan along the side attached to its left. The roof is a matbae roof, a gable roof whose triangular profile resembles the Chinese character 人 (person) when seen from the side, and the brackets decoratively made to support the eaves are arranged in the jusimpo style, placed only above the columns.

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Where it is

Region

Seosan, Chungnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료