奈良県 世界遺産 元興寺(JP116)

元興寺は、奈良市にある、南都七大寺の1つに数えられる寺院。蘇我馬子が飛鳥に建立した、日本最古の本格的仏教寺院である法興寺がその前身である。法興寺は平城京遷都に伴って飛鳥から新都へ移転し、元興寺となった（ただし、飛鳥の法興寺も元の場所に残り、今日の飛鳥寺となっている）。奈良時代には近隣の東大寺、興福寺と並ぶ大寺院であったが、中世以降次第に衰退して、現在は元興寺と名乗る寺院は次の2つに分かれている。 Gangoji Temple is located in Nara, the temple that is counted in one of the Nanto Shichi Daiji. Soga no Umako was erected in Asuka, Hokoji is Japan's oldest full-fledged Buddhist temple is its predecessor. Hokoji is moved from Asuka to New Urban along with the Heijokyo cents, it became Gangoji Temple (However, Asuka Hokoji also remains in the original location, has become a Asuka-dera of today). Neighborhood of Todai-ji Temple in Nara era, but was a large temple, along with Kofukuji, then decline gradually since the Middle Ages, is now claiming Gangoji Temple temple is divided into the following two.