Korea Heritage Service designates 16th-century temple hall in Geumsan as Treasure

The Korea Heritage Service has designated Daegwangjeon Hall of Sinansa Temple in Geumsan County, South Chungcheong Province, as a Treasure. The hall was scientifically confirmed in 2023 to have been originally built in the 16th century, based on tree-ring dating of wooden members. The agency said the building preserves original materials and craftsmanship and will work with local government to preserve and manage the site.

A ridge-beam inscription found during dismantling repairs in 2007 recorded a 1638 reconstruction and an 1840 renovation.

Tree-ring dating in 2023 found several key wooden members dated to 1583, confirming the hall was originally built in the 16th century.

The hall uses a dapo bracket style combined with a gable roof, with bracket sets placed on the building's sides and corners despite the roof design.

The hall's floor plan places interior support columns aligned with the side columns and the altar at the center, a layout considered typical of an earlier period than most surviving temple halls of its kind.

The Korea Heritage Service said the hall has high historical, academic and artistic value because it preserves original building materials and craftsmanship despite several repairs.

Published Sep 9, 2026 12:53 pm KST

Daegwangjeon Hall of Sinansa Temple in Geumsan, South Chungcheong Province / Korea Heritage Service

The Korea Heritage Service has designated the Daegwangjeon Hall of Sinansa Temple in Geumsan County, South Chungcheong Province, as a Treasure, one of the country's state heritage designations just below National Treasure.

No written record establishes exactly when the hall, the temple's main worship building, was first built. But a ridge-beam inscription discovered during dismantling repairs in 2007 recorded a 1638 reconstruction and an 1840 renovation. Later, in 2023, tree-ring dating of key wooden members found several dated to 1583, scientifically confirming the hall was originally built in the 16th century.

The hall features a "dapo" bracket style — in which bracket sets supporting the roof's weight are placed both atop the columns and between them, rather than only atop the columns — combined with a gable roof, a design in which the roof slopes only at the front and back. The agency said placing bracket sets on the building's sides and corners despite its gable-roof design is a distinctive feature reflecting 16th-century construction techniques.

Other elements considered signs of an older architectural style include a slight swelling at the midpoint of some columns, corner columns built taller than the rest and a technique of rounding off beam edges where they meet narrower columns. The building's floor plan, with its interior support columns aligned with the side columns and its altar placed at the center, is also considered typical of an earlier period than most surviving temple halls of its kind, whose interior columns were often moved rearward in later construction.

The agency said the hall preserves original building materials and craftsmanship despite undergoing several rounds of repair, giving it high historical, academic and artistic value. It said it will continue working with local government to help preserve and manage the site.

This article was published with the assistance of generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.

韩国遗产厅已将忠清南道锦山郡新岩寺大光殿指定为国家级文物。该殿于2023年经科学鉴定，根据木构件的年轮年代学分析，确认其始建于16世纪。遗产厅表示，该建筑保留了原始的建筑材料和工艺，并将与当地政府合作，对该遗址进行保护和管理。

2007 年拆除维修期间发现的屋脊梁铭文记录了 1638 年的重建和 1840 年的翻修。

2023 年的树木年轮测年法发现了几个关键的木制构件，其年代可追溯至 1583 年，证实该大厅最初建于 16 世纪。

该大厅采用达波托架风格，结合人字形屋顶，尽管屋顶设计如此，但建筑物的侧面和角落仍然布置了托架组。

大殿的平面布局将内部支撑柱与侧柱对齐，祭坛位于中心，这种布局被认为是比现存大多数同类型寺庙大殿更早时期的典型布局。

韩国遗产服务处表示，该大厅具有很高的历史、学术和艺术价值，因为它虽然经过多次修缮，但仍然保留了原有的建筑材料和工艺。

发布于2026年9月9日下午12:53（韩国标准时间）

忠清南道锦山新岩寺大光殿 / 韩国遗产服务

韩国遗产厅已将忠清南道锦山郡新岩寺大光殿指定为“国宝”，这是韩国仅次于“国家级宝物”的国家级遗产称号之一。

目前尚无文字记载确切指出这座寺庙主殿——大殿——的建造时间。但在2007年的拆除维修过程中，人们发现了一块屋脊梁上的铭文，记录了1638年的一次重建和1840年的一次翻修。之后，在2023年，通过对关键木构件进行树轮年代测定，发现其中一些构件的年代可追溯至1583年，从而科学地证实了大殿最初建于16世纪。

该大厅采用了一种名为“达坡”（dapo）的托架风格——这种风格中，支撑屋顶重量的托架不仅位于柱顶，还设置在柱间——并结合了人字形屋顶，这种屋顶设计仅在屋顶的前后两侧倾斜。该机构表示，尽管采用了人字形屋顶设计，但在建筑物的侧面和角落也设置了托架，这是该建筑的一大特色，体现了16世纪的建筑技法。

其他被认为是早期建筑风格标志的元素包括：部分柱子中部略微隆起，角柱比其他柱子更高，以及梁与较窄的柱子相接处采用圆角处理。该建筑的平面布局也被认为是早期建筑的典型特征，其内部支撑柱与侧柱对齐，祭坛位于中心位置，这比现存大多数同类型寺庙建筑的平面布局更为典型，因为后者在后期的建造中，内部柱子通常会向后移动。

该机构表示，尽管经过多次修缮，这座大厅仍保留了原有的建筑材料和工艺，使其具有很高的历史、学术和艺术价值。该机构还表示，将继续与当地政府合作，共同保护和管理该遗址。

本文由生成式人工智能协助发布，并由《韩国时报》编辑。