Yaksa-Jeon in the Opposite Side of Paradise Hall in Tongdo-sa Temple, Korea

There was an Yaksa-jeon hall standing at the right of Yeongsan-jeon posted in previous.
Yaksa-jeon is the hall for serving the Bodhisattva of the Medicine.

In my guess, the reason why they set up the Yaksa-jeon is something related to the desire of ordinary people. Most ordinary people had not other means except praying for when they were ill.

The arrangement of the Yaksa-jeon and the paradise hall seemed intentional thinking next steps after the fatal disease.
People used to visit the temple for curing disease and praying for entering into the paradise after the death.

The Yaksa-joen had been built in late Goryeo dynasty, but it was said to be rebuilt in 18 C.
So this building also seemed to have the traces of the architectural tradition of Goryeo dynasty.

Yeongsan-jeon and Yaksa-jeon have its own stone ornaments in front of the buildings.
Each stone ornaments have its meaning relating to the halls

Finally I’d like to show the bottom of the pillars of Yaksa-jeon.
The pillars seemed to be repaired.

The cornerstones were typical style of Goryeo dynasty.
The upper surface of the cornerstone was very well crafted.

Then the bottom of the pillars were already eroded.