Beopjangsa Temple Three-story Stone Pagoda

This three-storey stone pagoda stands at Beopjangsa Temple. Its base has been destroyed and its original form is unknown; only the three-tiered body of the pagoda remains, stacked in order. On the first-storey body stone, pillar shapes are carved at both edges of each face, and this storey appears excessively tall in relation to the body stones above it. The roof stone, which is partly damaged, has a gently sloping drip-line, with four tiers of supports carved into its underside. The pagoda broadly follows the common style of Unified Silla stone pagodas, but departs somewhat from the typical form: the first-storey body stone is excessively tall for its width, giving an unstable set of proportions, and the roof-stone supports are reduced to four tiers. According to tradition, this site was originally occupied by Gosansa Temple. During the Japanese invasions the temple burned down entirely and the pagoda was left collapsed and neglected, until it appears to have been restored together with the newly built Beopjangsa Temple in 1961.

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Where it is

Region

Nam-gu, Daegu

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료