It is said that there are 3 best Buddhist halls in Korea. The first one is Beopjoo-sa Daewung-jeon, the second is Maitreya hall in Murayang-sa temple, and the last one is Karwhang-sa in Whaeomsa-temle.
So Daewung-jeon in Beopjpoo-sa temple is one of those 3 great temple building in Korea.
I don’t know the standards of qualifying those 3 best buildings. In my view, there could be other standards, history or meaning, etc.
Daewung-jeon was 2 story building. As I posted before, even though it looked 2 story building outside, there was one space inside. The whole space used be made for setting the statues of Buddhas.
This building also had been fired amongst the war against the Japanese Invasion 1592-1597.
But the appearance of Daewoung-jeon was little bit different from the temples having been rebuilt after the war. It was the pillar that made temples different.
As I had posted before, they used natural appearance for making the pillars. The Pillars of Ssanggyeo-sa temple could be the most representative case of the architecture after the war against Japan.
But Daewung-jeon in Beopjoo-sa temple shows totally different style of the pillars. This hall had well crafted straight pillars. It seemed that they tried to maintain the traditional style of traditional architecture style.
But it seemed that they lost the cornerstones of Daewung-jeon. The halls for the Bodhisttva of the mercy and the medicine used their cornerstones though, Daewung-jeon seemed to change the cornerstones. It looked similar to that of Ssanggyeo-sa temple in Nonsan.
What attract my attention was the sculptures of the Monkey and the steps in front of the building. There are 12 animal gods in Oriental culture. When Buddhism accepted in oriental society, these 12 animal gods seemed to be absorbed into Buddhism. As you know these animal gods are related in time. In Buddhism, each animal god has the meaning on Buddhism.
It is said that Monkey in Buddhism represent the protector of the teachings of Buddha.
The ornament of the steps was also so impressive.
The patterns of the steps seemed to show the way to the truth and the paradise.
Daewung-jeon Hall in Beopjoo-sa Temple be a one of best Buddhist halls in Korea. I think there were most historical looks before Japanese Invasion. There has longest history also.@slowwalker, It's great to hear
Yep..I have seen already another temple halls from your previous posts. There has various style pillars indeed.
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Interesting article. Despite the wonderful story about the pillars, I liked the monkeys more. I was interested to know their role in Buddhism. Thank you for continuing to fill our community with quality stories.
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I was not aware of those
While yeah there might be other reasons of selecting the best halls
They sure are keeping some of the ancient history besides the renovation.
Thanks for the tour
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You are a person who is dedicated to exploring the stories behind temples that others may forget.
Travel is one of the ways humans understand the love of the universe, looking for connections between the past and the present to get something better in the future.
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I have seen such monuments in video games
It is obvious that int eh past everything was made with a message in it and this is why I love history, there were people who wanted their message to live and survive the generations, that is sometimes we do not know who created some of the architectural wonder but we know what it was for and appreciate it. I like the idea that monkey protecting the teachings of Buddha and the stone carving with the flowers and their leaves are wonderfully done. Beautiful impressive building I like those writings on pillars, you did not mentioned if there is any meaning of them.
Wow so awesome! sometimes I wish to live peacefully in a temple like that, nature the only thing around.❤
it might sound weird but my biggest dream is to die in a tepmple like that, go straight to heaven of buddhists 😊
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If it is one of the main ones, maybe it could be because of its characteristics and history.
I remember this type of pillars I've seen before, only they were not so straight, I did not know about the animal gods, I only knew that in Buddhism they treat animals with respect.
That is a beautiful statue!
you are right, the stair patterns are very beautiful, they are like flowers and leaves.
it looks like a design of the ones made in ceramics for the floor
The building is still very good and sturdy ... Looks very beautiful ...
The temples in Korea are concerning with Japanese war but I was lucky those are not destroyed too much. Here is the good place for studying historical Korean temples.
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