Bomunsa Temple Three-story Stone Pagoda

This three-story stone pagoda stands to the right of the Geungnakbojeon Hall at Bomunsa Temple. It is said to have been erected in 1185, the fifteenth year of King Myeongjong of Goryeo, in the courtyard of Ungyeam Hermitage, which then stood within the temple grounds, when the monk Jinul refurbished the temple; the pagoda was raised to consecrate the Sakyamuni Buddha image enshrined as the principal icon of the Nahanjeon Hall. The pagoda has an unusual form: a large slab of natural bedrock set into the ground serves as its base stone, and upon this rest a two-tier platform and a three-story body. Pillar shapes are carved on the body stones of both the upper and lower platform tiers and of each story of the body. The roof stones each have four tiers of eave supports on their underside, with the corners curving upward. Although the pagoda formally follows the general style of Unified Silla, the reduced number of carved pillars on the platform and the reduction of the roof-stone supports to four tiers suggest that it was in fact built during the Goryeo period.

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Region

Yecheon, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산