Eunhaesa Temple Jungamam Hermitage Three-story Stone Pagoda

The Eunhaesa Temple Jungamam Hermitage Three-story Stone Pagoda stands at Jungamam Hermitage, which belongs to Eunhaesa Temple, the head temple of the 10th district of the Jogye Order, in Chiil-ri, Cheongtong-myeon, Yeongcheon. It is said that the hermitage came to be called Jungamam, or 'Stone-hole Temple,' because its Buddha hall is wedged into a crevice in the rock beneath a cliff face. In one corner of the hall site, fragments of roof tiles bearing the typical Goryeo-period fishbone pattern, presumed to date from the hall's founding, are piled up. The pagoda stands about 3 m high and follows the typical style of a Unified Silla three-story stone pagoda. Four well-dressed long stones are joined into a square to form the base stone, above which sit a two-tier platform and a three-story body. The platform has two tiers, with pillar shapes carved on every face of the upper and lower stones and pillar-shaped carvings at each corner. The body stones are all cube-shaped and follow the same style throughout, decreasing in height with each ascending story. The roof stones all have steeply sloping eaves and sharply curving hip ridges and corners, while the roof-stone supports are reduced from four tiers to three. The hemispherical finial disc rests on the base plate of the finial, with a hole for the central finial pole running through the centre and continuing on from the base plate. The pagoda follows the typical Unified Silla style, but the platform is somewhat weakened, the slope of the roof eaves is steeper, and the upward curve of the corners more pronounced; the overall scale is also smaller, giving an impression of increased decorativeness. For these reasons, the pagoda is presumed to date from the early Goryeo period, the same time as the hermitage's founding. It is undamaged and cleanly preserved, and is regarded as a valuable resource.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongcheon, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산