강진 백련사 대웅보전에 대한 고찰

Abstract

Baek Ryunsa temple in Ganjin was called as Man Duksa temple during the Chosun dynasty butin 1917, its name was changed back to what it was originally called until Koryeo Dynasty, BaekRyunsa Temple. It was designated as a Joposoksa(造泡屬寺) temple of King Incho's royal tombduring the late Chosun dynasty, and was again designated as a Joposoksa of King Sunjo's royaltomb. Daeungbojeon hall, which is the main Buddhist sanctum of Baek Ryunsa temple, was lastrepaired in 1762 but recently, the stylobate was reconstructed, replacing canopies with 9 dragonsculptures, installed inside where canopies were installed. Considering other main Buddhist hallsin the southwestern region of Korea that were remodeled during Daeungbojeon hall in BaekRyunsa temple was remodeled, I was able to find out that the halls of Mi Hwangsa temple and BulGapsa temple were similar in their ornamentation style and the formation of top pillar. Inaddition, by enlarging the geographical range, Bul Guksa temple and Gi Rimsa temple, located inthe southeastern region of Korea, also had its main hall style similar to the Baek Ryunsa and BaulGapsa temple's main hall. Cosindering the fact that the Buddhist priest craftsmen Kwe-Yeon, whocrafted Bul Gapsa Temple, also crafted Bul Guk sa and Gi Rimsa temple, and the fact that thepriest Dongpa-Bunggwan stayed in both Bul Gapsa and Baek Ryunsa temple, allow us tounderstand the reasons why these temples were constructed in similar style. As a result, we caninfer that when the Daeungbojeon hall in Baek Ryunsa temple was remodeled in the middle andlate 18th century, it employed the style and formation of the main halls in other temples located inthe southwestern region of Korea. From this inference, we can present a hypothesis that thesouthwestern region temples' main hall style was preferred during the middle and late 18thcentury, resulting in influencing the temples in the southeastern region.