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Anguk Temple

Date: 29/09/2022 | Source: Voice of Korea (EN) | Read original version at source



Anguk Temple shows the excellent architecture and artistic talents of the Korean ancestors.

It is in Ponghak-dong, Phyongsong City, South Phyongan Province of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It is historic relics of the Koguryo Dynasty that existed between 277 B.C. and A.D. 668.

According to records, the Anguk Temple was a very large one with tens of buildings.

Still remaining are the Taeung Shrine, the Thaephyong Pavilion and some other buildings, a nine-storied pagoda and a monument.

The two-storey Taeung Shrine, the main building of the Anguk Temple, is of great scientific and tectonic significance.

The Thaephyong Pavilion opposite the Taeung Shrine with a yard in between has a hip-saddle roof with double eaves. Its front is 19.25 metres and its side 6.8 metres.

A nine-storied pagoda is in front of the Thaephyong Pavilion.

The pagoda is considered to have belonged to the period after the middle term of the Koryo Dynasty that existed between 918 and 1392. It proves that the Anguk Temple was operated during the Koryo Dynasty as well. It is a valuable heritage in studying the stone pagoda architecture and sculpture at that time.

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