Kakukoden - Kakukoden

Japanese: 覚皇殿 - かくこうでん
Kakukoden - Kakukoden

After the temple burned down in 1592, Zen Master Hekgan began rebuilding it and completed the entire temple complex in 1703. The Gakhwangjeon Hall is the largest surviving wooden building in Korea, and its foundation is said to date back to the Silla period. A stone-carved copy of the Avatamsaka Sutra remains inside. There are many stone structures from the period of Silla unification within the temple grounds.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Kakukoden" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1592)に伽藍焼失後,碧巌禅師が再建に着手し,1703年に伽藍全体を竣工した。覚皇殿は現存する朝鮮最大の木造建築で,基壇は新羅時代のものといわれ,中に石刻の華厳経が遺存する。境内には新羅統一時代の石造物が多い。…

※「覚皇殿」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Kakugosha - Kakugosha

>>:  Shell structure

Recommend

Enzelii - Enzelii (English spelling)

A port city on the Caspian Sea in northern Iran. ...

Prisoner's Dilemma

The Prisoner's Dilemma is a game-theoretic mod...

Ethylene oxide

It is a three-membered heterocyclic compound cont...

Rain factor - Rain factor

The ratio of annual precipitation to annual averag...

Third sector - Daisansekuta (English spelling) the third sector

A method of carrying out certain business activit...

Pasta - pasta (English spelling) Italian

The original Italian meaning of the term is dough...

Additional paid-in capital - Kabushikiharaikomijoyokin

…However, not all of the capital contributed by s...

Lin Shuang-wen (English spelling)

[raw]? [Died] 1788, Beijing. Leader of the Taiwan ...

Ototachibana Hime

…Meanwhile, in Sagami Province, he was deceived b...

Hallenberg

... The construction of new cities was also thriv...

Goldmann tonometer

…Currently used tonometers measure intraocular pr...

Oisin

...The Danaan Giants (another name for the race o...

Kichiku prefecture - Kichiku

…Then, through Momi County and Jian'an County...

Red Admiral (English spelling) redadmiral

...The larvae feed on the leaves of plants in the...

Area meter - Area meter

Also known as a planimeter, this is an instrument...