금당터(익산 왕궁리 유적)
| 금당터 金堂址 Main Worship Hall Site |
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 종합안내판: 익산 왕궁리 유적 |
해설문
국문
왕궁리의 사찰은 백제 말에서 통일신라 초기에 궁궐터에 들어선 것으로 추정된다. 남북 일직선상에 오층석탑, 금당터, 강당터가 있어 ‘1탑 1금당’이라는 사찰 배치 양식을 따르고 있음을 알 수 있다. 부처를 모시는 금당은 사찰의 중심 건물로, 정면 5칸(19.3m), 측면 4칸(14.5m)으로 된 통간 구조이다. 사찰 관련 유적으로는 오층석탑 동편의 기와 가마터와 강당터 서편의 건물터 두 곳이 있다.
영문
Main Worship Hall Site
This is the site of the main worship hall of this temple. Its name in Korean, Geumdang, means “Hall of Gold,” and refers to the golden light that emanates from the Buddha. It was here that a statue of the Buddha would have been enshrined.
It is presumed that the temple was built here on the former palace site either at the end of the Baekje period (18 BCE–660 CE) or at the beginning of the Unified Silla period (668-935). The main worship hall, the stone pagoda, and the lecture hall were all located in a straight line from south to north. The main hall measured 19.3 m in length and 14.5 m in width. Other archeological sites related to this temple include a roof tile kiln site located to the east of the pagoda, lecture hall site, and several other building sites.
