Hamheodangdeuktongtap

A budo is a stupa-like monument symbolising a monk's grave, housing his remains or sarira relics. Three budo stand on the hillside behind Bongamsa Temple, and this is one of them, enshrining the sarira of Hamheodang, a monk of the early Joseon period. Hamheodang (1376–1433), whose pen name was Deuktong, left home to become a monk at the age of twenty-one. At King Sejong's summons he stayed for four years at Daejaam, a royal temple, where he taught and edified people, and he also rebuilt Bongamsa Temple anew. At this temple he wrote the Geumgang seorui, a commentary on the Diamond Sutra, and in 1443, the fifteenth year of King Sejong, he passed away. The budo consists of a three-tiered pedestal on which the body stone and roof stone of the tower are placed, finished at the top with a finial, each part based on an octagonal plan. On the pedestal, the lower base stone is carved all around with a lotus design. The body stone of the tower bears the inscription 'Hamheodangdeuktong-ji-tap' (涵虛堂得通之塔, 'Stupa of Hamheodang Deuktong'), identifying its occupant, framed by a picture-frame-like border with decorative carving added above and below. The upper surface of the roof stone is carved with roof-tile ridges, and the eaves curve slightly upward at both ends. At the top, the finial elements, some now missing, are stacked in sequence. Built in the mid-15th century, in the early Joseon period, it provides good material for studying the octagonal budo style of that time.

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Mungyeong, Gyeongbuk

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료