Flagpole Supports in Ogwan-ri, Hongseong

At Buddhist temples, a banner called a dang was hung at the entrance during Buddhist rites; the pole flying this banner was called a danggan, and the pair of stone pillars supporting the danggan from either side were called danggan-jiju, or flagpole supports. These flagpole supports stand facing each other, 78 cm apart, in the middle of farmland in the town of Hongseong. The area is known as the site of the Goryeo-period Gwanggyeongsa Temple, and a stone pagoda and a stone seated Buddha have also been handed down there. Overall the pillars taper as they rise, and grooves for fixing the flagpole are cut near the top, though the pole itself no longer survives. Vertical line patterns are carved on the outer faces of the pillars, and the tops of the pillars are rounded. Between the two supports lies a low platform pierced at its centre by a single round hole, showing where the flagpole once stood. Standing 4.8 m high and giving a somewhat heavy impression, these flagpole supports are thought to have been built in the mid-Goryeo period.

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Hongseong, Chungnam

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