| Title |
The Development of Design of the Buddhist Temples in Koguryo Based on the site of Sango-ri |
| Abstract |
On the design of the Buddhist temples of Koguryo, we only have a few archeological reports made by Japanese scholars in almost half a century ago. The findings of these reports were neither organized into a consistant process of historical development, nor interpretedas a expression of a prticular cultural system.The short archeological report of the temple site of Sango-ri, written by Japanese scholar Saito, suggested that the site must have applied the same site pattern as the site of Chongam-ri, and therefore, it could be understood as the surce of the temple design of the Asuka Period, Japan.Datailed investigation of the Sango-ri site, however, disprove Saito's supposition, but revealed that the site employed two image-hall system which precedes the pattern of Chongam-ri site. Comparative examination of the Sang-ri site with the site of Chongrung-sa lets us know that the Sango-ri site was, very likely, built even earlier than the site of Chongrung-sa.If so, the site of Sango-ri appears to be the earliest among the known Koguryo sites, and this new information enables us to unveil the process of development of the Koguryo temples from the late fourth century, which is almost the beginning of the Buddhism of Koguryo, to the late fifth century when the site of Chongam-ri was built. |