Cheongamsa Temple Multi-story Stone Pagoda

This pagoda stands in front of Daeungjeon Hall at Cheongamsa Temple, consisting of a four-story body set on a two-tier base. The lower and upper tiers of the base are nearly equal in height, differing from most pagodas, where the lower tier is typically low and the upper tier high. The body stone of the first story has Buddha images carved on each face. The roof stones are relatively large in proportion to the body stones, with the four corners curving upward, and part of the finial ornament remains at the top. The pagoda was built in 859, the third year of King Heonan of Unified Silla, by State Preceptor Doseon to enshrine the Buddha's sari, or bodily relics. Because the body is slender in relation to the base it gives a delicate impression, and because the roof stones are large relative to the body stones it appears somewhat unstable. According to tradition, the pagoda originally stood in a rice paddy somewhere in Seongju, and was moved to its present site by the monk Daeun, who was abbot of Cheongamsa Temple.

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Region

Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료