醴泉 龍門寺 大藏殿과 輪藏臺

Abstract

A pair of Yunjangdae, a sculpture representing the canon belief is located inside Daejangjeon of Yongmunsa Temple in Yechon. Many studies have been made for its academic value as the only Yunjangdae in Korea. However, there was no significant attention to Daejangjeon where Yunjangdae is installed. It is absolutely true that Yunjangdae as the enshrined object in the temple forms a separate relation with Daejangjeon, and therefore it is important to figure out the organic relation of the two in the history of art. Thus, this study attempted to prove organic relation between Daejangjeon and Yunjangdae. The results are as follows. First, when the reconsideration of sub facility of Yunjangdae in Goryeo period which was known as the precedent relics of Yunjangdae at Daejangjeon of Yongmunsa Temple, it raised a necessity of further study as it is hard to determine if sub facilities of Yunjangdae in Hoiamsa temple site and Hyeeumone temple site except for sub facility of Yunjangdae in Youngkuksa Temple. Second, when the review of relics in Daejangjeon in the two previous periods, it could figure out elements of precedent period by means of architectural type examination of Daejangjeon of Yungmunsa. And, comparing with specific architectural type with 17th century 3×2 type Buddhist temple, it attempted to examine if specific method reflected Yunjangdae. It showed that in the appearance it resembled the precedent period relics and the specific architectural method had the same architectural purpose with other examples in the 17th century. Third, it assumed that ancient method might remain through revision and repair process from Goryeo, the first established period, by examining the specific method in Yunjangdae, but actual elements of ancients cannot be verified. The possibility of resembling Yunjangdae at large rather than in specific manners is acknowledged. As such, this study figured out artistic meaning of Yunjangdae of Yongmunsa temple, and concluded that it has archetype of those of the Goryeo period and it shows transitional feature of Yundae through the late Joseon period.