Mireuk-Jeon (Maitreya Building) in Keumsan-sa Temple, Korea

When I entered into the temple, the grandiose 3 stories building came into my eyes.
It was Mireuk-Jeon. Mireuk means Maitreya in Korean.

As you know, Maitreya bodhisattva is a future Buddha who save the world in future and has a similar meaning of the savior as same as Christianity.

In Korea, Mireuk was very popular when people’s life was tough.
Ordinary people had tried to overcome difficulties with the hope of future with praying for Maitreya Buddha.

So, this big Mireuk-Jeon shows us the difficulties of the living at that times.

In my experience, 3 story wooden traditional architectures seemed not common.
Moreover, although it looked 3 stories, inside was 1 story building.
So,we could know that it needed a high technic to build this building.
Unlike stone structure, this wooden structure needed to endure the heavy weight of the building only with the woods.

I took photos of this building from various direction to help you understand the structure and the beauties of this building.

Each story has its own name as below.

It was regrettable that taking photos inside of this building was not permitted for the religious reason.
I managed to take inside from far away, so the photo was not clear.
But when you look inside of the building, you can realize the reason why they built 3 stories building.
The Maitreya Buddha among 3 statues in this building was as high as 3 stories building, so I could photography only the legs of statue through the front door.