고려대학교

초록/요약

In Pyongyang many temples were built since the King Gwanggeto of Koguryeo. Koryo managed Pyongyang as Seogyeong(the West Capital) and it remodelled temples built since Koguryeo or constructed new temples as needed. Geumgang, Yeonbok(Balryong), Yeongmyeong, Heungkuk, and Heungbok temples were considered as ones since Koguryeo. Buddhism in Seogyeong had tendencies to be mysterious. Jungheung Temple and the nine-floor stupa were built with the hope that the King Taejo wanted to unify the Late Three-Dynasty. Jungheung and Geumkang temples in the north, Heungbok and Yinwang temples in the south protected Pyongyang Castle, centering around Heungkuk Temple inside Imperial Castle. Yeongmyeong Temple inside North Castle was to symbolize that Koryo succeeded to Koguryeo. The successive kings of Koryo held the religious rituals, specially the Buddhist rituals of Yeondeung and Palkwan, making personal calls at Seokyeong and sending a mission there. Palkwan Buddhist ritual in Seokyeong was held in Heungkuk Temple which was considered as Hwaweom Denomination, and Yeondeung Buddhist ritual could be held there. Yeongmyeong and Jungheung temples belonged to Beopsang Denomination. Heungbok was a temple of Hwaeom Denomination, Jangkyeong was one of Zen Buddhism, and Keumgang was one of Esoteric Buddhism.