Tag:ceremonial_gate=iljumun

A iljumun(일주문) is the gate that marks the beginning of the temple area in Korea.
'Iljumun' has the same roots as 'Hongsalmun', Japan's 'Torii', Vietnam's 'Tam quan' and China's 'Paifang', and has developed into 'Iljumun' in Korean temples.
Since the 'Iljumun Gate'(it means 'One-Pillar Gate') does not serve as a gate, it has no doors. It may occasionally have auxiliary columns, but its main columns are arranged in only a single row, and therefore it has no walls. This differs from the Sacheonwangmun Gate (Gate of the Four Heavenly Kings) in Korean temples, which serves as the actual main gate and is a building with more than one row of columns as well as walls.

Gallery

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  Iljumun Gate of Naesosa Temple in Neunggasan, Buan-gun, South Korea
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  Iljumun of Ssangbong-Sa in Hwasun, Korea
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  Iljumun of Beomeosa in Busan, Korea
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  Hogukyeonmusa Main gate

Comparison

Here is a building=gatehouse instead of a 'Iljumun'.

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  Seouimun Gate, Andong, South Korea.(It is a simple gateway structure, similar in shape but not belonging to a temple and not serving the role of marking a sacred area.)
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  Beomeosa Temple, Busan, South Korea.(It is a building that serves as a gatehouse of a temple, with more than one row of columns and walls.)

See also

• ceremonial_gate=hongsalmun
• ceremonial_gate=paifang
• ceremonial_gate=torii
• building=shrine
• Torana
• man_made=gantry for man-made overhead structures / arches
• natural=arch - for natural arches
• Arch - more meanings for arch