Hwanjeokdangjigyeongtap

A budo, or stupa, symbolises a monk's grave, enshrining his remains or sari (relics). Three stupas stand on the slope behind Bongamsa Temple, and this is one of them, enshrining the sari of Hwanjeokdang, a monk of the mid-Joseon period. Hwanjeokdang (1603–1690) was also known as Jigyeong. At sixteen he received the precepts binding on monks and entered Donghwasa Temple on Palgongsan Mountain, where he studied under the great monk Seonghyeon. At twenty-one he entered Cheongnyangsan Mountain, where he lived for thirty-one years on pine needles, chestnuts and jujubes instead of grain. He died at eighty-eight at the hermitage of Baengnyeonam at Haeinsa Temple. The stupa consists of a three-tiered base topped by the body stone and roof stone of the tapsin, every part of it octagonal. Of the base stones, the lowest has a lotus carved on each of its eight faces, with leaves carved between them; the middle and upper support stones are each made from a single block. One face of the body stone is inscribed 'Hwanjeokdang Jigyeong-ji-tap' (幻寂堂智鏡之塔, 'the stupa of Hwanjeokdang Jigyeong'), identifying its occupant. The roof stone has eight corner lines on its upper face, and its eight eaves corners curve upward in a gentle line. At the top, a round, bud-shaped finial rests on a two-tiered octagonal support. Erected sometime after the mid-Joseon period, the stupa's overall proportions appear somewhat unstable.

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Mungyeong, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료