국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Past Thematic
A Gathering of the Three Buddhas : Buddhist Hanging Scroll at Yongheungsa Temple
  • Location

    Buddhist Painting Gallery

  • Date

    May-04-2018 ~ Oct-28-2018

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On a spring day scented by flowers in the fifth month of 1684, more than ninety people took part in producing a gwaebul for use at outdoor Buddhist ceremonies at Yongheungsa Temple. This painting depicts a gathering of Śākyamuni Buddha, Bhaiajyaguru Buddha, and Amitābha Buddha hosted by Śākyamuni Buddha, the ruler of the secular world. People prayed to these three Buddhas for a long life free from illness and rebirth in the Western Paradise.

This exhibition provides an opportunity to view the large-scale Buddhist hanging scroll of Yongheungsa Temple that can only rarely be seen even at the temple. Presenting the Yongheungsa gwaebul alongside its storage case, sculptures of arhats with humorous facial expressions, Painting of Guardian Deities, and painting of the Fifth king of Hell the exhibition invites visitors to appreciate the legacy of Yongheungsa, an ancient temple with a thousand years of history.