Anseong Juksan-ri Flagpole Supports

The Bongeopsa Temple Site, where the Anseong Juksan-ri Flagpole Supports stand, has been confirmed through repeated excavations to have been founded in the late Silla period as Hwachasa Temple, and to have flourished after a major reconstruction in the Goryeo period, when it was renamed Bongeopsa. The flagpole supports, paired stone posts once used to hold a flagpole flying a banner outside the temple, now stand in the same precinct as the five-storey stone pagoda, though it is not certain whether this is their original location. The two supports face each other on an east-west line and were cut identically into square-pillar shapes. Chisel marks remain on every face, giving the work a rough appearance. The corners were bevelled to soften them, and the tops were shaped to curve outward from the inside, showing a degree of decorative skill. There are no particular marks on the inner faces, but a square groove was cut at the top of each support to hold the crossbar that fixed the flagpole in place. Overall, the Anseong Juksan-ri Flagpole Supports are roughly finished and lack refinement. However, their considerable size and the likelihood that they were made together with the major reconstruction of Bongeopsa suggest that they were erected in the early Goryeo period. Although the base of the supports cannot be examined, they stand as evidence of a change, from the Goryeo period onward, towards flagpole supports built for stability and function rather than for a refined, decorative appearance.

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Where it is

Region

Anseong, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산