Wonju Suam-ri Rock-carved Buddha Triad

Behind Sinyang Village in Suam-ri, Sochon-myeon, Wonju, Gangwon State, there is a Buddha triad incised in line on a rock on the low hill. The principal Buddha sits at the centre of a lotus-patterned pedestal, flanked by attendant bodhisattvas standing on either side. The faces are all so severely worn that their features cannot be made out at all. The robes draped over both shoulders show folds rendered in thick lines. The hands are badly damaged and cannot be examined in detail, but since the left index finger appears to be wrapped by the right hand, the principal figure seems to represent Vairocana Buddha. Each of the two bodhisattva figures has a round halo behind the head. The bodhisattva on the left is presumed to be Manjusri, but only fragments of line survive and the damage is too severe to make out its form. The bodhisattva on the right is presumed to be Samantabhadra; its two hands are joined before the chest, and it wears a jewelled crown on its head. The upper body is short and the lower body long, giving the figures a graceful curving line. The Vairocana triad format and the elongated lower body are representative stylistic features of the late Unified Silla period. This suggests that the statue is an early Goryeo work continuing the tradition of the late Unified Silla period.

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Where it is

Region

Wonju, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산