Yongjusa Cheonbo Pavilion, Hwaseong

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2316

Category

Architecture

Era

조선시대

Designated year

2026

Location

화성시, 경기도— 경기도 화성시 용주로 136(송산동, 용주사)

Coordinates

37.211780, 127.005615Kakao address conversion

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The 'Cheonbo Pavilion at Yongju Temple in Hwaseong' functions as a principal hall positioned along the central axis of the Daeung Hall, constructed in 1790 (Jeongjo 4) amid significant historical events including the expansion of Crown Prince Sado's tomb and Yongju Temple's establishment, conferring substantial historical significance. The Cheonbo Pavilion is a two-story pavilion measuring five bays across and three bays deep with a hip-and-gable roof. The upper story serves as a lecture hall, while the lower story is structured with stone pillars installed in pairs along the front creating a two-tier configuration enabling pavilion arcade passage. The entire pavilion structure exhibits deliberate forward protrusion through positioning of flanking galleries not at the midpoint of lateral elevation but slightly rearward, architecturally expressing temple authority with considerable artistic value. The structural framework employs a no-interior-column, five-rafter construction with trapezoidal support brackets beneath the ridge beam supporting the ridge-pole, bracket construction utilizing outset-less simple bracket style featuring carved lotus decoration on bracket arms above the initial simple bracket style, exemplifying late-18th-century architectural styling manifesting decorative tendencies. The upper-story lecture hall's access is achieved not through the main structure but through lateral wings, a configuration pattern reflecting Confucian palatial architectural elements of placement of subsidiary structures flanking principal buildings, demonstrating characteristic features of temple architecture synthesizing mixed religious and Confucian architectural elements reflecting scholarly value.

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