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This is a castle piled up of stones in the shape of 17,337m total length for the purpose of defense the territory of national marine and sea-coast in the 29th year during the rule of King Sukjong (A.D.)
170 3) in growing conscious of importance to national defense through the experience of two national-wide battles Imjinwaeran (Aggression from Japan) and Byeongjahoran (attack from China). There are two related but different records to the period of its construction in one historic literature called Jeungbomunheonbigo: one, the note of the building by order of Park taehang and the other, of the recommendation (for the reconstruction of this castle) by Yi Jihyeong a high-ranked army official called Tongjesa to King Hyeonjong in the 8th year of his reign regarded as earlier than that of Park. The real period of the construction to this fortress, therefore, might be right-the side of Yi Jihyeong. This walled mountain town is located in the profitable place of observation to the bottom region of the Nakdonggang (one of main rivers in Korea) River and Dongnae (a city near Busan) district, especially for watching closely to any of attacks by foreign countries including Japan through marine passage. And the size of this castle and the mode of accumulating its walls have some experts infer the more advanced period of its beginning construction than evaluated on the basis of the records from the material for history mentioned above. In the 33rd year during the rule of King Sukjong (A.D.)
1707), the inner wall for classifying the north and the south was piled up due to dominant opinions that the area of this castle was too much large to manage effectively it. And this was for instance closed because of the same reason explained just above in the 50th year during the rule of King Yeongjo (A.D.)
1774). In the rule of King Sunjo: the 6th year, this was rebuilt partly and piled up of natural granite. But this was extremely demolished in the period of colonization by Japan. The repair work started in 1972, finished the revival of the old regime of gates in the east, west and south in 1974 and did that in the north in 1989. This castle still remains at the length of 4km. The significance or the historic value is the place of ruins informing the structure of big-sized defense position around the castle in the end of the Joseon Dynasty as well as showing the form of largest mountain fortress in Korea.
e repair work started in 1972, finished the revival of the old regime of gates in the east, west and south in 1974 and did that in the north in 1989. This castle still remains at the length of 4km. The significance or the historic value is the place of ruins informing the structure of big-sized defense position around the castle in the end of the Joseon Dynasty as well as showing the form of largest mountain fortress in Korea. |
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Beomeosa Temple, the one of the three famous temples of Gyeongsangnam-do (the southeast part of Korea) was built by a Silla's greatest religious leader named Uisang according to Ilryeon's Samgungnyusa or the History of the Three Kingdoms.
And it is known as the important temple site where the monks stayed and participated into the war during the Japanese aggression in 1592-98.
Not like other Daeungjeon Hall where the Buddha's images are enshrined, the image of Maitreya (Maitreya Bodhisattva) and the image of Gara are enshrined together at both side of the image of Buddha here in Daeungjeon, Beomeosa Temple.
It was burnt by a fire during Imjinwaeran, Japanese aggression of Korea in 1592 but it was rebuilt in 1602 and repaired again in 1931.
Regarding the space between the pillars one room, it is composed of three rooms from the front and three from the side.
And it is the 'Dapo' style building, one of the wooden architecture styles that Gongpo which is designed to hole up the roof's eaves on a pillar is set up not only on the pillars but also between them.
So this style makes the building more solemn and grand.
It shows the beauty of the Buddhist architecture and wooden art crafts of the Joseon Era that its sophisticated and detailed skills can be seen from the Buddhist altar inside and the carving on the Datjip (a canopy) that is a cover to decorate the Buddha's image. |
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