| Title |
A Study on the Characteristics of Site Layout in Buddhist Temples of Hwaeom |
| Authors |
송의영(Song, Eui-Young) ; 동재욱(Dong, Jae-Uk) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2020.36.7.3 |
| Keywords |
layout; Hwa-eum faith; Comples belief system; Yangwon area; Mountain terrain |
| Abstract |
Among the ancient architecture of Korean, Buddhist temples are still used for the purpose of worship, prayer and performance, and residence.
Buddhist temples are vulnerable to fire due to their special nature, but the majority of temples often destroyed by various wars, however, they
were preserved over the thousand-year by heavy construction and reconstruction which has completed since the war unless they had been
destroyed by fire. In the preceded study found that the nation's temple architecture contained various sectarian characteristics, especially in
Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, where the Buddhist temples of the Taehwasan Mountain Magoksa Temple and Gyerongsan Mountain
Gapsa Temple, which are based on Hwaeomgyeong, one of the Buddhist scriptures in the Three Kingdoms period. We are going to find out the
characteristics of the location and layout of the Temple in the Gongju area of Chungcheong Province by making a comparative study of those
two temples. |