Eongoksa Temple Site Three-story Stone Pagoda

This pagoda stood at a site said to be the former location of Eongoksa Temple on Bibongsan Mountain. It was moved to Mujeong Elementary School in 1927, then returned to its original site and restored in 1996. The pagoda consists of a three-storey body set on a two-tier base, with pillar shapes carved into the base. Pillar shapes are also carved on the body stones of the pagoda, and in particular, images of the Buddha are carved in relief on the front and back of the third-storey body stone. The roof stones have steeply sloping eaves with clearly defined roof lines on all four sides, and the underside has four-tiered supports on the first and second storeys and three-tiered supports on the third. Overall it follows the typical style of Unified Silla stone pagodas, but the upward curve at the four corners of the roof stones is subdued, and the number of support tiers on the underside has decreased to four or three tiers, suggesting that it dates from the Goryeo period. When the pagoda was moved to Mujeong Elementary School, a gilt-bronze Buddha statue was discovered at the bottom of the first-storey body stone, but it is said that the Japanese principal at the time sold it off to buy land for the school's practical training use. During dismantling and restoration work in 1995, the original site of the pagoda was excavated following a report from a local resident, and in the process the lower base was discovered. The upper base and the body of the pagoda, which had remained at the school, were then brought together and the pagoda was restored to its complete form at its present site.

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Where it is

Region

Damyang, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료