운문사의 遺物과 記錄을 통해 본 伽藍의 변화상

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze changes to the temple layout of Woonmun Buddhist Temple through its Relics and Arifacts. Based on the findings, the study reached the following conclusions: First, the study compared Woonmun Buddhist Temple with Wongwangbeop Buddhist Temple, which had the most important influence on the temple in its early days as well as other Buddhist temples of Shilla built in those days and found that its temple layout was in the format of one pagoda for one main building, just like Hwangryong Buddhist Temple of Shilla in its founding days. Through the analysis of its remaining stone work of the time, it is estimated that Woonmun Buddhist Temple enjoyed its heyday during the reign of King Gyeongmun in Unified Shilla, and it is found that the temple already met the conditions of a grand Buddhist temple with three pagodas for three main buildings at that time. Secondly, the temple layout was restored for its days in Goryeo, when it enjoyed its biggest heyday, based on Samgukyusa and Woonmunsasajeokgi. The investigator examined the big buildings that remained from around that time and found that there were more living spaces for Buddhist monks than Buddhist sanctums; thus, raising the possibility that it was a temple of the Zen sect in its nature at that time. Thirdly, the temple layout for its days in Joseon was restored to some degree based on the comparison and analysis of its temple layout between 1653 and 1935, which was checked in the construction of dismantling and repairing its Daewoongbojeon in 2005. There were 27 big buildings in the temple layout of 1653, which was similar to 30 big buildings in the temple layout from its greatest heyday in Goryeo. This indicates that the perimeter of Woonmun Buddhist Temple that was in Joseon was as huge as in Goryeo. There were ten big buildings in the temple layout of 1935, which was a huge reduction from 27 in 1653. This suggests that its perimeter declined in the 18th and 19th century. Finally, the Woonmun Buddhist Temple had only ten buildings during the Japanese rule and evolved into a grand Buddhist temple with approximately 40 buildings today after a massive restoration project in 1970.