Hanging Painting of Chukseosa Temple

Hanging Painting (Gwaebultaeng) is a large Buddha painting hanging in the front yard of the Buddha's Temple for memorial services or ceremonies.

It is painted with lots of beautiful colors on the ramie fabric which is called DokJonDo portraying the statue of Buddha facing the front and filled at the center. It is also drawn with some Nirmana-buddha and the image of

Bodhisattva around the halo. The feature ot the main Buddha's face is smooth, colorful and distinct to make the whole mood bright and cheerful.

Hoohyrungtong (small storage box), 2 Sa-ri (small crystals), some seed.

4 mystic Buddhist formulas and Guebulwonmun which was written in the historical record were found in the bok jang pocket hanging under the picture. According to the Guebulwonmun, this painting was made by Monk

Jung-il with 10 other people in Korea in 1768. The state of preservation of this painting is really good and it is considered a valuable work because of its stylish representation of people. design and the use of harmonized and solendid color. There are some sacred things such Sa-ri and Guebulwonmun which are hard to find in some other paintings in Bok-jang pocket That's why this is highly valued as an academic work.

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