Standing Paju Eumnae-ri Stone Buddha

This Goryeo-period stone Buddha stands partway up Baekhaksan Mountain in Gunnae-myeon, Paju. The statue is made of two stone blocks joined near the knees, and the area below the ankles is buried underground. Its elongated, pillar-like body belongs to a type of large stone Buddha that was popular mainly in Chungcheong and Gyeonggi provinces, and features such as the long oval face and the schematic, patterned drapery folds rendered in repeated straight lines mark it as a style localised to this region. Atop the bare head sits a relatively thick, tall usnisha (a topknot-shaped cranial protuberance). The narrow, elongated oval face lacks volume. Below bow-shaped eyebrows, the narrowly opened eyes are drawn as long horizontal lines; the nose, its bridge now broken away, is large and long, yet the mouth is rendered so small that the effect is awkward. The two long ears lie close against either side of the face, and the thick, long neck clearly shows the samdo, the three lines symbolising the Buddha's wisdom. The flat, volumeless body is dominated by its geometric drapery pattern, and the two hands, hidden beneath the robe, appear to be clasped together at the chest. The pillar-like elongated body, the patterned drapery radiating in symmetrical lines above and below, the hand gesture whose meaning cannot be identified, and the schematic treatment of the folds together give a glimpse of a localised Buddhist sculptural style of the Goryeo period.

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Where it is

Region

Paju, Gyeonggi

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료