Standing Stone Bodhisattva in Namha-ri, Jeungpyeong

This is a standing Buddhist statue facing north, set amid the fields of Namha-ri village in Jeungpyeong-eup. It had once lain scattered nearby together with two smaller statues; in 1949 the monk Yun Wol-in, who founded Seongjusa Temple on the hill behind the village, gathered up the pieces and re-erected them, and since the Korean War the villagers have protected the statue as the guardian deity of the village. The lower part of the statue, below the feet, is buried in the ground. It is a bodhisattva image wearing a tall crown and holding up a lotus blossom against its chest with its left hand. Because of the crown the head appears fairly large, the shoulders are narrow, and the body is carved with little volume, giving the whole an elongated, rectangular form overall. The smiling expression is well carved, lending the face a warm, gentle impression. The robe is rendered opening widely at the chest, and below, rounded folds fall over both legs. At an overall height of 350 cm, this is a massive statue that well illustrates the characteristics of the bodhisattva images that became popular in the provinces from the mid-Goryeo period onward.

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Where it is

Region

Jeungpyeong, Chungbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산