Flagpole Supports of Buseoksa Temple, Yeongju

When a temple held a ceremony, a banner called a dang was hung at its entrance; the pole on which it hung is called a danggan, and the two stone pillars supporting the pole on either side are called danggan-jiju, or flagpole supports. These flagpole supports stand facing each other 1 m apart at the entrance to Buseoksa Temple. The inner and outer faces are undecorated, and the corners on both sides have been rounded off. The tops of the pillars are carved with two sloping, concentric circles, and three vertical lines are incised on the sides. At the top of each pillar a square groove is cut to hold the flagpole firmly in place. Between the pillars, on a square base stone carved from a single piece, a circular projection is set up to hold the foot of the flagpole. Lotus decoration surrounds this area, and a hole is bored through the centre of the upper surface to support the base of the pole. Overall the supports are largely plain, giving a simple, unadorned impression. Being slender and tall, yet showing some difference in thickness between top and bottom, they nonetheless convey a sense of stability, and from the concise, refined carving of each part they are presumed to be a work of the early Unified Silla period.

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Visitor information: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 1

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Yeongju, Gyeongbuk

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Treasure · 보물