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2018-10-19
A picture that can only be seen once a year. Goyang Heungguk Temple Hanging Painting
Goyang City's representative temple, Heungkuk Temple,
Heungguk Temple is an old temple with over a thousand years of history that was first created by Saint Wonhyo., the ancient monk of the Silla Dynasty.
Here, there are ten cultural properties and the number of protected Trees in Gongguksa. It is a representative temple of Goyang City.
Na Hanjeon Building of Heungguk Temple There is one of the largest and oldest paintings in our city.
This Hanging Painting is so heavy and big that about 10 young people have to move and walk. It is not open to the general public at all times, but only Buddha's day is open to the public. It is very big and nice picture. Currently designated as Tangible Cultural Asset No. 189 in Gyeonggi Province, the Heungguk Temple is 7 meters in height and 4 meters in width.
It is a Buddhist painting for ceremonies that hangs when a Buddhist temple is used for outdoor events.
It is usually seen when there is a large Buddhist memorial service such as a Yeongsanjae, Suryukchae, Buddha's day.
Heungguk Temple's Hanging Painting is also open once a year only on Buddha's birthday.
The temple was rises in 1902, during the Korean Empire, by Sunbi Um, the concubine of King Gojong.
There are seven paintings including Amitabha, Kannon Bodhisattva, and Daejeji Bodhisattva, and a total of 12 paintings have been participated in the painting. Kyeong-seok Koseon, who is the head of these Hwasung, is a person who has left over 70 paintings of Buddhist paintings in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province.
On the lower part of the screen is Mundo Bodhisattva on a blue rion and Bodhi Bodhisattva on a white elephant. The color of the Hanging Painting was red, bright green, dark blue and yellow and ocher.
Amitabha, Kannon, and Sejibosal are painted in yellow, and the paintings that stretch out into the sky are blended with the pictures of the clouds and are very colorful.
This painting is a typical Buddhist painting from the early 20th century.
The cultural value of the painting is significant in that it retains the typical aspect of the Korean Buddhist painting.
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