흥천사(興天寺) 불교 건축의 성격

Abstract

The architectural characteristics of Heungcheon‐sa temple are examined by dividing it into Hwanghabang Heungcheon‐sa temple and Seongbuksaeulhan Sae Heungcheon‐sa temple. The architectural character of Hwanghabang Heungcheon‐sa temple is well illustrated by the Main Buddha Hall, which shows the ideological character of the temple, and the sarira hall, which is more important than this. It could be revealed that the Shakyamuni Buddha and the character of space of practicing the Shakyamuni Buddha sarira faith were well represented. Also, as the Dohoeso (total headquarters) of Jogye sect and Zen sect, the monk chamber, the so‐called Chamseondang, where Zen Meditation, the Zen sect discipline, was practiced, was also the most important architectural space of Heungcheon‐sa temple. Because the architectural character of Seokbuk Saeulhan Sae Heungcheon‐sa temple (Shinheung‐sa temple=Heungcheon‐sa temple) inherited the ideas and systems of Hwanghabang Heungcheon‐sa temple, it is believed that the main Buddha statue was the Main Buddha Hall where Shakyamuni Buddha was enshrined. As this Main Buddha Hall was renamed Geungnakbojeon in 1855, it can be said that the nature of the architecture also changed. As Hwanghabang=Heungcheon‐sa temple was a subordinate temple of Jogye sect and Zen sect, Saeulhan Sae Heungcheon‐sa temple, which succeeded it, must have naturally inherited the character of Zen sect. Therefore, it can be said that the H‐type Daebang succeeded the role of the monk chamber, a space where Zen sect's Zen Meditation discipline was practiced. However, it is judged that Daebang's Zen Meditation discipline space was used as a space for invocatory disciplines after 1855 as well.