Yeonggwang Danju-ri Flagpole Supports

Dangganjiju are installed at the entrance to a Buddhist temple. When the temple holds an event or ceremony, a banner called a dang is hung there; the long pole from which this banner is hung is called a danggan, and the pair of stone pillars that support the pole on either side are called dangganjiju (flagpole supports). This danggan is said to have originally stood as tall as 12 metres. In 1945 a typhoon broke off its upper section, which was reattached with an iron ring; the broken piece has since been lost, and only traces of the repair remain today. The flagpole supports are simple in form, with the top corners of the pillars rounded off. Between the pillars is a square base stone in which the pole was set, and holes were bored partway up the inner faces of the pillars to secure it. Both the pole and the supports are plain and unadorned in appearance. They are made of the same stone as the nearby Wolpyeong Pagoda, believed to date from the Goryeo period, and since fragments of Goryeo-period roof tiles have been found in the vicinity, the flagpole supports are thought to have been erected in the late Goryeo period.

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Where it is

Region

Yeonggwang, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산