Flagpole Supports in Sumun-ri, Gangneung

These flagpole supports stand in Okcheon-dong, Gangneung. The surrounding area is presumed to have been a temple site, but since it has now become a residential area, the existence of the former temple can no longer be confirmed. A dang was a flag hung at a temple when a ceremony was held, and the pole on which it was hung was called a danggan; the two stone posts that held the danggan upright on either side are known as danggan-jiju, or flagpole supports. The supports remain in their original location, standing 1m apart facing each other from east to west. Traces of where the flagpole was fixed can be seen in a rectangular hole near the top on the inner face of each post. The uppermost parts of the two supports curve gently outward and downward from the inner top edge. It is interesting to note that an inscription on the south face of the eastern support records that the supports were restored in 1508, the third year of King Jungjong, and again in 1817, the seventeenth year of King Sunjo. Each surface is rough and of uneven width, without any carved decoration, so the form is not a highly developed example of flagpole supports, but overall the work is simple and solid.

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Gangneung, Gangwon

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Treasure · 보물