Andong inscribed "Yongsusadaejeongsamnyeon" Gilt-bronze Go

This bronze gong (donggo), a type of flat bronze gong shaped like a jing and also called a geumgo, is kept at Yongsusa Temple. Yongsusa Temple was founded in the first year of King Uijong of Goryeo (1146), when Seongwon, the abbot of Gakhwasa Temple, built a hermitage there. The temple burned down in 1896 and was later rebuilt, continuing to the present day. This bronze gong measures 31.3 cm across and 30.3 cm high, and was discovered and kept when the temple was rebuilt. It has a ring at the top and one on each side, and at the bottom there is a resonating chamber 15.5 cm long and 6.2 cm across at its widest point. At the centre of the front face is a lotus design, with a decorated band around it, and beyond that an inscription and an arabesque pattern; the back also bears an inscription running along the rim. Based on the inscriptions on the front and back, this bronze gong can be dated to the 17th year of King Uijong of Goryeo (1163), making it valuable material for studying the style of bronze gongs made at the end of the Goryeo period.

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Where it is

Region

Andong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산