Seooe-ri Flagpole Supports

A dangan-jiju is erected at the entrance to a Buddhist temple: on occasions of temple events or rites, a banner known as a dang was hung there. The long pole that held the banner is called a dangan, and the two stone pillars standing on either side to support it are called dangan-jiju. The dangan itself rarely survives, and in most cases only the two supporting pillars remain. Here, however, both the dangan and its dangan-jiju survive. The pillars stand on a square base stone, and the dangan set between them is unusual in form, made of several stone sections joined together with iron bands. It reaches 7.45 m in height, but traces of a break at the top suggest it was originally considerably taller. The upper outer face of each pillar has been rounded off. According to tradition, whenever misfortune or disaster was expected to befall the village, a flag was hung from this dangan and rites were performed — a custom quite different from the original purpose of the dangan at temple ceremonies, which arose as the practice merged with folk belief over the course of the Unified Silla, Goryeo and Joseon periods. An inscription carved into the lower part of the dangan records that these dangan-jiju were erected in the twelfth year of King Hyeonjong of Joseon (1671).

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Where it is

Region

Buan, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산