Standing Stone Buddha of Daeseongsa Temple, Okcheon

The Standing Stone Buddha of Daeseongsa Temple, Okcheon, is a pillar-type stone Buddha. Dojang-ri in Cheongseong-myeon, where Daeseongsa Temple stands, is also known as 'Buldanggol' (Buddha Hall Valley), showing that the area has long been associated with Buddhism. It is not known exactly when the statue was made, but the genealogical record of the Okcheon Yuk clan notes that 'in the twenty-second year of King Seongjong of Joseon (1491), there was a stone Buddha at Daeseongsa Temple.' The standing statue is 360cm tall, and traces of cement repair can be seen at its middle. It wears a round cap and a robe covering both shoulders in the tongyeon style, and the feet are visible at the very bottom. A groove in the centre of the left hand suggests that the statue once held some object. The round-cap form resembles the stone standing Buddha of Yaksasa Temple in Seoul (1490), and the method of assembling it from two stone pillars, as with the stone standing bodhisattva of Sapgyo, Yesan, can be seen as a tradition inherited from Goryeo stone Buddhas. The statue is an object of faith for the local community and is highly valuable as an important example illustrating the characteristics of stone Buddhas of the early Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Okcheon, Chungbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료