Standing Rock-carved Buddha of Doseonsa Temple

After Doseon founded the temple in 862, the second year of King Gyeongmun of Silla, this image of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara is said to have been carved by splitting a great rock by hand. It stands 8.43 metres in total height, with a cylindrical body. Believed to hold mysterious spiritual power, it has drawn an unbroken stream of visitors, and a stone pagoda and a stone lantern stand before it. Neglected under the anti-Buddhist policy of the Joseon dynasty, the stone Buddha was nonetheless designated a state site for prayer in 1863, the 14th year of King Cheoljong. Judging from its form, the image is presumed to be a mid-Joseon work carrying on the tradition of rock-carved Buddhas that had flourished in the Goryeo period.

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Where it is

Region

Gangbuk-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산