Siheung Munwon-ri Three-story Stone Pagoda

This pagoda now stands within the grounds of Bogwangsa Temple. Its name derives from the temple's former address, Munwon-ri, Gwacheon-myeon, Siheung-gun. The pagoda has a single-tier base and a three-storey body, and rests on a cement platform of one tier. On the lower stone of the base, each face has two rectangular recessed panels, within which an ansang (a decorative niche-shaped motif) is carved. On each face of the middle tier of the base, a pair of corner pillars is carved in low relief. The surface stones of the middle tier are dressed in a manner very close to that of the body stones, raising the possibility that body stones from another pagoda were reused here. The capstone of the base is flat on its underside, its eaves-moulding omitted, but its upper surface has a three-tiered support carved to receive the first-storey body stone. The body stones and roof stones (the stones that cap each storey like a roof, as on a pagoda or stone lantern) are each made from a single block; the third-storey body stone and the second- and third-storey roof stones are damaged and have been reinforced with cement. On the body stone of each storey a pair of corner pillars is carved in shallow relief, and on one face of the first-storey body stone a double incised door-leaf motif is carved, with a lock shown in relief within it. Beneath each roof stone are three shallow tiers of eave-supports; the eaves run horizontal before curving up sharply at the corners. The ridge lines on the roof stones are heavy, giving the whole pagoda a flattened appearance, and above them a single square tier supports the storey above. On top of the third-storey roof stone sits a boju (a jewel-shaped finial). Judging from the form of the base and the style of the roof stones, the pagoda is presumed to date from the late Goryeo period.

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Where it is

Region

Gwacheon, Gyeonggi

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료