Hoeamsajimaetdol

Hoeamsa Temple was the largest temple in the country up until early Joseon. Excavations carried out over about twenty years from 1997 revealed the sites of numerous buildings along with many artefacts. As a temple that maintained close ties with the royal court from Goryeo through to mid-Joseon and was built as the largest temple complex in the country, the remains and artefacts excavated here hold considerable value. The millstones at the Hoeamsa temple site were excavated as a pair, arranged north to south, inside a building site in the eastern part of the Hoeamsa temple grounds. Along with the millstones, two large water basins were also excavated at the front on the western side of the building, suggesting that this was mainly a facility used for cooking. Both millstones are carved from a single piece of granite, with the trough that catches the ground grain and the millstone itself carved as one. Of the two, one has lost its lower stone, while the other still retains it. The surviving lower stone is unusual in that the handle used to turn the millstone is set into the centre of its upper face. Given the history of Hoeamsa and the scale of these two millstones, they are presumed to date from the early Joseon period, when the temple was at its most flourishing.

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Where it is

Region

Yangju, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산