Hwangryong-sa-ji Temple Site - Hwangryong-sa-ji (English spelling)

Japanese: 皇竜寺址 - こうりゅうじし（英語表記）Hwangryong-sa-ji

The site of an Old Silla temple in Guhwang-dong, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, Korea. It was the first national temple of Silla, which was built in the Hwangryongsa style, with three main halls lined up on one side. The foundation stones of the tower and main hall, as well as the stone Buddha seat, remain to this day. The Shaka Triad, the principal image of the temple, was cast in the 35th year of the same era, but the main hall was completed in the 5th year of King Jinpyeong's reign (583) and the nine-story pagoda in the 5th year of Queen Seondeok's reign (636). The Shaka Triad and the wooden nine-story pagoda were revered as the Three Treasures of Silla, along with King Jinheung's sacred belt, but were destroyed by fire in the 25th year of the reign of Gojong of Goryeo (1238) by the Mongol army, except for the relics in the tower's core stone. Since 1976, several excavations have revealed that when the temple was first built, it had one pagoda and one main hall, but during the Unified Silla period, this changed to one pagoda and three main halls. It is attracting attention as a rare example of the adoption of Goguryeo-style styles in the same period.

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Japanese:

韓国，慶尚北道慶州市九黄洞にある古新羅時代の寺址。真興王 14 (553) 年に発願され，完成まで 80年以上を費やした新羅第1の国刹で，皇竜寺式と呼ばれる三金堂を一面に並べた四天王寺式伽藍様式。塔や金堂の礎石，仏座石などが現存する。本尊の丈六『釈迦三尊像』は同 35年に鋳造されたが，金堂は真平王5 (583) 年，九層塔は善徳女王5 (636) 年に完成。『釈迦三尊像』と木造九層塔は，真興王の聖帯とともに新羅の三宝として尊ばれたが，高麗の高宗 25 (1238) 年モンゴル軍の兵火にあい，塔心礎の舎利具を除き焼失した。 1976年から数次の発掘調査によって，創建当時は一塔一金堂式であったが，統一新羅時代に三金堂を配した一塔三金堂式に変ったことが明らかになった。同時代に高句麗系の様式が取入れられた珍しい例として注目されている。

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