Obongsa Temple Site Stupa

Obongsa Temple is said to have been founded in the late Silla period, but no detailed record survives. Roof tiles bearing inscriptions have been found, confirming that the temple was rebuilt around 1677. Obongsa Temple is said to have been completely destroyed during the Korean War. The stupa now stands across a stream in the valley to the west of the temple site. This is a large stupa, roughly shaped from a single stone in the bell-shaped style. The base stone is an irregular octagonal platform with its corners lightly trimmed. The bell-shaped body is flattened at the front and back, a technique commonly seen in stone bell-shaped stupas of the late Joseon period. The upper part of the bell is decorated with a twelve-petal lotus design, but the petals vary in size and are irregularly rendered, suggesting that the stupa was made by a craftsman of somewhat modest skill. At the top of the bell, a thick raised band serves as a base for a jewel-shaped finial, its surface decorated with a six-petal lotus design. A stele base also survives beside the stupa, showing that a stone stele related to the stupa's occupant was once erected, although the stele body itself no longer remains. The stupa was erected in the late Joseon period and is thought to commemorate a monk who either greatly restored Obongsa Temple or resided there for a long time before passing away.

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Where it is

Region

Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산