Daeungbojeon Hall of Buryeongsa Temple, Uljin

Daeungbojeon Hall is Buryeongsa Temple's central building that enshrines Buddha. Daeungbojeon Hall is a Dapo-style double-eave gable-roofing building with three front units and three side units. The foundation was laid by coarsely piling refined stone, but similar to post-lintel style and the front of building had a four-panel door on the middle unit and two-panel doors on the side units to the left and right. There was a single-panel lattice window on the front right unit and two-panel door on the rear of the middle unit. The bracket sets consisted of four extra supports inside and three extra supports outside. Daeungbojeon Hall was lost during the Japanese invasion of 1592, but rebuilt in 1602 (35th year of King Seonjo). It was burned again in 1720 (46th year of King Sukjong). What exists today was rebuilt in 1725 (1st year of King Yeongjo). It is unique that stone turtles were placed beneath the foundation to the left and right. This is because the position of Buryeongsa Temple has a strong energy of fire and the turtles, the water gods, were needed to weaken the energy of fire to prevent fire. This building has a solid Dapo-style structure and each member was engraved beautifully. Its Dancheong (paintwork) adopted the quality style of golden color scheme.

Source: Korea Heritage Service signboard ↗ · collected 2026-10-08