Bongsan-dong Flagpole Supports

Flagpole supports are installed at the entrance to a Buddhist temple: when the temple held an event or ceremony, a banner called a dang was hung from a long pole known as a danggan, and the two stone pillars that held the danggan upright on either side are called danggan-jiju, or flagpole supports. These flagpole supports, standing beside the Naecheon Stream in Bongsan-dong, Wonju, are said originally to have stood within a temple founded in the Unified Silla period. The base is buried underground so its shape cannot be determined, and only the two pillars on either side and the base stone between them, which held the pole, survive. The base stone, made from a natural stone, was hollowed out at both ends so that the foot of each pillar could be inserted, and on its upper surface a round rim was carved around a hole in the centre into which the flagpole was fitted and raised. Both pillars are rectangular but narrow gradually as they rise, coming to a pointed tip at the top. Traces remain of an effort to soften every sharp edge on each part. The supports are generally thought to have been erected in the Goryeo period, when elaborate ornamentation was no longer used. In 1910, at the time of the Japan-Korea Annexation, one of the pillars was damaged, and it was restored in April 1980.

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Where it is

Region

Wonju, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산