Hancheonsa Temple Three-story Stone Pagoda

Standing in the front courtyard of Daejeokgwangjeon Hall at Hancheonsa Temple, this pagoda has a three-storey body set on a two-tiered base. Pillar shapes are carved at the four corners of the base and of the body stones of each storey. The roof stones have four-tiered supports on their undersides, and the four corners of the eaves curve sharply upward, giving the pagoda a light, buoyant charm. At the top, a noban (a flat stone base for the finial) and a bokbal (an ornament shaped like an overturned bowl) remain, forming the finial. The pagoda is presumed to date from the late Unified Silla period, the same era as the Iron Seated Buddha of Hancheonsa (Treasure No. 667) enshrined within Daejeokgwangjeon Hall. As a typical example of a single-pagoda temple layout, it provides important material for comparative study of period styles.

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Where it is

Region

Yecheon, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산