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http://dx.doi.org/10.14700/KITLA.2020.38.2.031

Japanese Landscape Elements Found and Building Methodology of Sunam Temple  

Hong, Kwang-Pyo (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Gyeongju Campus, Dongguk University)
Kim, In-Hye (Kangwon Land. Inc)
Lee, Kyong-Bok (Daesung E&C)
Lee, Hyuk-Jae (Korea Institute of Garden Design)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Traditional Landscape Architecture / v.38, no.2, 2020 , pp. 31-41 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since its foundation in the unified Silla period, Sunam Temple in Jeollanam-do has well preserved its reputation as a representative temple in Honam. However, during the course of history as the temple went through many changes and development, much of its landscape identity were lost or damaged. At present, we found that some of distinctive features as traditional Korean temple are lost or damaged in Sunam temple and in some cases, Japanese style features were applied which calls for urgent restoration to the original landscape style. We found that vegetation pattern of Sunam temple was quite different from those of traditional Korean temples and garden components were rather similar to Japanese garden style. There are two reasons why these changes occurred to Sunam-temple. The first reason is changes made to the temple by Japanese people during the Japanese occupation period in Korea. The second is the renovation effort of the entire temple in 1976. The study aimed to examine landcape changes of Sunam temple in detail and understand Japanese style landscape components and methods applied to the Sunam temple to untimately understand landscape identity of Sunam temple. On-site research, literature research and interviews with monks were conducted and we found that Sunam-sa Temple was significantly influenced by the landscape style of Japan, and that more Japanese-style landscapes were produced while trying to hide these elements. However, this study was limited in understanding the very original landscape form of Sunam temple before the Japanese coloniral era.
Keywords
Curved pond; Evergreen tree; Masonry; Stairs;
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