In a single space called 214 Seoksu-dong, Anyang-si, various layers of time are piled up from ancient to modern. First of all, the flagpole supports at Chungch’osa Temple Site with inscriptions show that the “Time of Temple” began in ancient times. Next, King T’aejo of Koryŏ changed this place to Anyangsa Temple and renovated it extensively, and the “Time of Temple” began in earnest. The appearance of Anyangsa Temple during the Koryŏ Dynasty was confirmed by excavation surveys from 2008 to 2011, and considering the results of the surrounding excavation surveys and Buddhist cultural heritage, Anyangsa Temple is thought to have flourished around 214 Seoksu-dong. After the decline of “Time of Temple” in the late Chosŏn Dynasty, “Time of Entertainment” using the natural scenery of Samseongcheon Stream has come in modern and contemporary times. Even during this period, some modern investigations into the “Time of Temple” were attempted. After liberation, at 214 Seoksu-dong, Yuyu Industrial Anyang Plant was built under the design of architect Kim Chung-up, and a new “Time of Architecture” began. “Time of Architecture” was transformed into a museum in the 2000s through factory relocation, purchase of Anyang-si, and excavation research, and began to actively link with “Time of Temple” On the other hand, “Time of Entertainment” has declined significantly since the 1970s and 1980s, and in the 2000s, Anyang-si reorganized it into Anyang Art Park and opened a new “Time of Art.” In the midst of such a gap in time, the “Time of Residence” where many residents lived was in full swing. As a result, in a single space at 214 Seoksu-dong, the time of temples (Ancient, Koryŏ, and Chosŏn), the time of entertainment and architecture (modern), and the time of residence and art (current) overlapped. In order to restore, utilize, and study the historicity of this space, it is necessary to focus on Anyangsa Temple in the Koryŏ Dynasty, the origin of Anyang’s geographical name, but to derive comprehensive historicity at a complex level of time, including architecture, entertainment, residence, and art. In Korean history research, it is necessary to pay attention to the level of “local history” research by fusing the description of the history of the times for a specific space while supplementing the research trend subdivided around “time.”
