Flagpole Supports of Bulguksa Temple

Whenever a Buddhist assembly (beophoe) or ceremony was held at a temple, a banner called a dang was hung out. The long pole from which the dang was hung is called a danggan, and the two stone posts erected on either side to support it are called danggan-jiju, or flagpole supports. At Bulguksa Temple two such pairs of flagpole supports stand side by side: the eastern pair is 3.6 m high and the western pair 3.45 m high. On the inner face of each post are grooves and holes into which wooden wedges were driven to hold the flagpole in place, and between the posts of the western pair survives a round base that once supported the pole. The eastern flagpole supports were erected in the Unified Silla period, but the western pair, differing from it in the size of the posts and in workmanship, is thought to be a later combination of parts from different sources.

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Where it is

Region

Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산