Jorinji Temple Site

Japanese: 定林寺址 - じょうりんじし

The site of a temple in Dongnam-ri, Buyeo-eup, Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. Large-scale excavations were carried out in 1942-43 and 1979-80. The main temple complex is arranged in a straight line along a north-south axis, with the central gate, tower, main hall, and lecture hall from the south, surrounded by a corridor. Currently, the original five-story stone pagoda and a Goryeo-period 180cm stone Buddha statue remain in the center of the former lecture hall. Roof tiles dating from the end of the Baekje period, through the Unified Silla period, and up to the Goryeo period have been excavated from the temple site. Among the Goryeo-period flat tiles, there is one with the inscription Jeongrimsa, dated 8th year of Taepyeong (1028), which suggests that the temple continued to exist continuously, suggesting that the name Jeongrimsa dates back to the Baekje period.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

大韓民国，忠清南道扶余郡扶余邑東南里にある寺院址。1942‐43年と，79‐80年に大規模な発掘調査が行われた。主要伽藍は，日本で四天王寺式配置といわれるものに相当し，南北軸線上に，南から中門，塔，金堂，講堂の順序で一直線上に並び，周囲を回廊で囲む。現在，創建当初の石造五重塔と，講堂跡中央に高麗時代の丈六石仏が残る。寺跡からは，百済時代末期から，統一新羅時代を経て，高麗時代にいたる屋瓦が出土する。高麗時代の平瓦のなかに，太平8年(1028)と定林寺の銘が印されたものがあり，この寺は連続的に存続していたと考えられるところから，定林寺の寺名が百済時代までさかのぼることを思わせる。

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