Samgwangsa Temple () is the second temple of the Korean Buddhist Cheontae Order, located in Choeup-dong, Busanjin District, Busan, South Korea.
Jigwanjeon is a Buddhist community center featuring a multipurpose hall that can accommodate approximately 10,000 visitors at a time. CNN has selected this place as one of the 50 most beautiful must-see spots in South Korea.
Background of the construction On October 27, 1970, great patriarch Sangwol Wongak attended a Buddhist service at the Busan Education Hall in Choryang-dong, Dong-gu, Busan Metropolitan City. In front of an audience of about 1,000 devotees, he requested that a Buddhist hall and a grand temple capable of accommodating about 10,000 people at once be built in the port city of Busan.
In 1986, the temple, newly constructed in Choeup-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan Metropolitan City, was named Samgwangsa by the great master Nam Dae-chung.
Features
Founding of a temple with a multi-story quarters building for the monks
Samgwangsa Temple is a massive Buddhist complex situated on a site of approximately 115,500 m2 (about 35,000 pyeong), with a total floor area of approximately 16,500 m2 (5,000 pyeong). It features the Daeungbojeon, measuring about 330 m2 (about 100 pyeong), and the Jigwanjeon, a multipurpose Buddhist hall with a total floor area of approximately 9,900 m2 (3,000 pyeong), which can accommodate over 10,000 people simultaneously for grand Buddhist ceremonies and various cultural and artistic events. Jigwanjeon is a five-story building in the traditional Korean style, constructed of reinforced concrete and featuring a hip-and-gable roof.
The Beopha Sammaedang is a five-story, traditional Korean-style building constructed of reinforced concrete and is the largest monks’ quarters (寮舍齋) of its kind.
The largest stone pagoda in East Asia The Great Treasure Pagoda of 53 Buddhas, 8-Sided and 9-Story, is the largest stone pagoda in East Asia and houses 10 Buddha relics donated by Tibet, Myanmar, and India.
This is a nine-story, eight-sided Great Pagoda housing 53 Buddha statues, built to pray for world peace and reunification of North and South Korea.
Gallery
See also Guinsa Geumgang University
References
External links Samgwangsa