Songbul Temple

The Songbul Temple is situated on Mt Jongbang in Sariwon City, North Hwanghae Province. The temple is a precious cultural heritage which shows the superior architecture of our ancestors.

The temple was built in ８９８.

It consists of six buildings including Kungnak(paradise) Hall and Ungjin Hall and a five-storied pagoda.

Kungnak Hall, the main building, has three folding doors on the front and two on the side.

It is a one-storey building with a gable roof.

Kungnak Hall was destroyed by the brutal bombings of the U.S. imperialists during the Fatherland Liberation War and was rehabilitated after the war.

In May １９９７, Chairman Kim Jong Il visited the temple. That day, saying that the temple is a historical and cultural relic of great national value with a long history, he instructed to implant patriotism deep in our people’s minds by preserving and managing historic and cultural relics in the recreation ground on Mt Jongbang well.

The Songbul Temple representative of our ancestors’ superior architecture and sculpture is well preserved in its original state under the Workers’ Party of Korea’s policy on protecting national heritages.

Rodong Sinmun