Flagpole Supports in Huimang-ri, Hongcheon

When a temple held an event, a banner called a dang was hung at its entrance, and the pole from which it hung was called a danggan. The two stone posts that support the danggan on either side are called dangganjiju, and such posts were also set up at temple entrances to mark the site as sacred ground. No records survive concerning this particular site, but many roof-tile fragments found in the surrounding area suggest it was once a temple site. The two posts stand facing each other about 70cm apart, this gap being the space where the danggan pole was set. They are plain and unadorned, thickening slightly below the middle and becoming thicker still near the base. A groove is cut into the upper inner face of each post to hold the pole in place. Given their proximity to the Three-story Stone Pagoda in Huimang-ri, Hongcheon (Treasure), the two are thought to have been made at around the same time, in the mid-Goryeo period.

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Where it is

Region

Hongcheon, Gangwon

Designation

Treasure · 보물