About Bulguksa, North Gyeongsang, South Korea:
In the North Gyeongsang province of South Korea a Buddhist temple is the Bulguksa which means “Temple of the Buddha land”. For the Silla architecture it is an important example although much restored and seven Korean national treasures no less than is the home.
The history of the Bulguksa:
Today its status given as important, but to be a major temple was never intended the Bulguksa and that is the interesting fact. By King Pob-hung in 535 originally it was founded, for the welfare of the kingdom to pray of his queen for the use. The name Hwaeombeomnyusa was give this small wooden temple.
By Prime Minister Kim Daeseong in 751 was begun the present temple, in legend is shrouded whose life story. In his previous incarnation the Kim Daeseong with his name clutching a seal inscribed he was born it is said.
On this site for the first temple the legendary architect was the original Kim Daeseong, extreme poverty and ugliness who overcame, through Buddhist devotion for his flat forehead he was called “Big Wall”, of the same name as the prime minister that he was reincarnated such a good life he led, devoted to Buddhism who grew up and the official support gave it.
The temple personally designed the Prime Minister Daeseong and of his ancestors to the memory dedicated it according to the legend. This is the case whether or not, by the Silla royal court in 774 was completed the temple and the name Bulguksa was given.
During the Hideyoshi Toyotomi invasion in 1592 to the ground the Bulguksa was burned. During the Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945 it was partially reconstructed and under President Park Chung-hee from 1961 to 1979 fully restored.
In 1995 by UNESCO to the World Heritage Site list was added the Bulguksa, the nearby Seokguram Grotto together with.
At the Bulguksa what to see:
At Bulguksa although most of the building are reconstructed is located the present temple, but are original the historic pagodas and the foundations.
Via a double sectioned bridge and staircase is entered the temple complex. Total 33 steps and a 45 degree slope has the staircase, to enlightenment to the 33 steps corresponding. Probably during the reign of King Gyeongdeok in 750 it was built. In Silla style bridges to the use of arches the staircase testifies the large arch underneath and of a pond the remains and underneath the bridge once flowed.
Cheongungyo the lower portion has 17 steps and is 6.3 meters long. Baegungyo the upper portion has 16 steps and is 5.4 meters long. To the Jahamun leads the stairway, to the main hall which leads. Two main courtyard has the large temple complex, around the Shakyamuni Buddha one grouped and around the Hall of Paradise the other.
Daeungheon is the main hall which is known as The Hall of Great Enlightenment. The Sakyamuni Buddha enshrines the hall and in 681 which was built. There are two pagodas of the temple complex in front of the main hall. For South Korea are the national treasures both pagodas.
The visitors also can see the 27 foot high Seokgatap, the Dabotab, the meditation hall Museoljeon, the Gwaneumjeon (the Avalokitesvara’s Shrine) with the image of Avalokitesvara, the Birjeon which known as the Vairocana Buddha Hall and the Hall of Supreme Bliss the Geuknakjeon, near the main compound which is standing.
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