Cheongwonsa Temple Seven-story Stone Pagoda

The Cheongwonsa Temple Seven-story Stone Pagoda stands 3.45 m tall, with a single-tier base and a seven-storey body raised on a foundation stone made of three square slabs, each about 110 cm across. The base takes the form of a Sumidan, a platform modelled on Mount Sumeru: the upper surface of the lower base stone and the lower surface of the upper base stone are carved with covering-lotus petal designs, and each side bears four arch-shaped niche motifs (ansang). The base's panel stones are formed of four upright slabs, with corner pillars carved in shallow relief at the edges. The omission of the subsidiary moulding beneath the upper base stone, leaving only the lotus-petal carving, is a feature that first appears from the Goryeo period onward, reflecting the weakening of the pagoda's original function of enshrining Buddhist relics (sari). The pagoda body stones and roof stones are each formed from a single slab, except for the seventh storey, which uses two. The four corners of the body stones are rounded, and paired corner pillars are incised in outline on each face. The underside of each roof stone has one shallow tier of support and a carved drip-groove. The slope of the roof is steep, and the eaves line runs level at the centre before curving upward at the corners, continuing the tradition of wooden architecture in which the roof ends are raised. A jewel-shaped ornament was placed on the finial. Given the omission of much decorative detail and the style of the niche motifs on the base, the pagoda is presumed to have been built in the early Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Anseong, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산