Flagpole Supports at Beopcheonsa Temple Site

Flagpole supports are structures erected at the entrance to a Buddhist temple. When the temple held a ceremony or ritual, a banner would be hung from a long pole set up at the site; this pole is called a danggan, and the pair of stone pillars that supported it on either side are called dangganjiju. In rare cases the pole itself survives, but usually only the two supporting pillars remain. These flagpole supports remain at the site of Beopcheonsa Temple, keeping watch over the site together with the Stele for State Preceptor Jigwang, a National Treasure. The pillars bear no particular carving and narrow gradually from bottom to top. Between the two pillars, a base stone has been rounded to hold the danggan in place. The upper parts of both pillars have been trimmed to a rounded edge, and holes have been cut into their inner faces to fix the pole. The base stone for the danggan retains its original form remarkably well, and the stable, well-proportioned shape of the pillars suggests that they date to the Unified Silla period.

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Where it is

Region

Wonju, Gangwon

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료