Samgwangsa

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Samgwangsa
Samgwangsa Temple, founded at the foot of Baekyangsan Mountain
Location within South Korea
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism
Location
Country	South Korea
Coordinates	35°10′29″N 129°02′37″E / 35.174761°N 129.043669°E / 35.174761; 129.043669
Korean name
Hangul	삼광사
Hanja	三光寺
RR	Samgwangsa
MR	Samgwangsa

Samgwangsa Temple (Korean: 삼광사) 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

Beopha Sammaedang
법화삼매당
Religion
Affiliation	Cheontae
Location
Location	Busan, South Korea
State	Sangha residence
Architecture
Style	structure type with simple bracket set, tapered column, protruding railing
Groundbreaking	1985
Completed	1987
Specifications
Width	approximately 1,700 pyeong
Height (max)	5-story
Materials	reinforced concrete

4km
2.5miles

Samgwangsa Temple

   

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.

Gallery

• 
  Daebotap, the Great Treasure Pagoda of 8-side and 9-story with 53-Buddha carvings
• 
  Daewoongbojeon (The Main Hall)
• 
  Jigwanjeon, The Hall of Samadha Vipassana
• 
  Jijangjeon
• 
  The multi-storied main pagoda of Samgwangsa temple, Geungnakjeon
• 
  Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statue of Sea
• 
  Beomjongkak (The Pavilion of Buddhist Bell)
• 
  Samgwangsa Stone Maitreya Buddha Triad Replica

See also

• Guinsa
• Geumgang University

References

External links

• Samgwangsa (in Korean)