Yeongjisa Temple Bell Pavilion, Yeongcheon

Yeongjisa Temple was founded by the monk Uisang during the reign of King Muyeol of Silla, under the name Ungjeongam, but was destroyed by fire during the Japanese invasions. It was rebuilt in 1603 by the monks Jijo and Wonchan, who renamed it Yeongjisa, and was subsequently repaired in 1774, the fiftieth year of King Yeongjo of Joseon, in the form it retains today. Its surviving structures include Daeungjeon Hall, Myeongbujeon Hall, the bell pavilion and two residential quarters. The bell pavilion measures three bays across the front and two bays on the side, and takes the form of a two-storey pavilion with an ikgong-bracket hipped-and-gabled roof. Both storeys are open on all sides without walls, and a passage has been cut through the central rear bay so that it can be entered from the courtyard in front of Daeungjeon Hall; passages giving access to the Daeungjeon precinct now run along either side of the pavilion. On the upper storey a curved balustrade runs around all four sides, and the floor is laid in a timber grid pattern, on which the four ritual instruments — the dharma drum, cloud-shaped gong, wooden fish and bronze bell — are hung. The building rests on two courses of natural stone foundation stones, with separately built round pillars raised for the upper and lower storeys; the pillar tops are finished with changbang beams and ikgong brackets, and a single ornamental floral block is set between the changbang beam and the purlin in each bay, with a five-purlin roof frame above. The roof is a double-eaved, hipped-and-gabled roof covered with Korean-style tiles.

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Yeongcheon, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료