Goheung Sinho-ri Stone Pillar

Standing in the middle of a wide field, this stone pillar, 422 cm high, is known locally as a seokdanggan (stone flagpole) or as a pagoda. According to village tradition, a temple called Hanjasa, or Hansa, stood here in the Baekje period. A danggan-jiju is a structure erected at the entrance to a temple: when the temple held an event or ceremony, a banner (dang) marked with the sacred virtues of the Buddha and bodhisattvas was hung from a long pole called a danggan, and the two stone pillars that supported the pole on either side are called danggan-jiju. This stone pillar has its shaft set into a square platform and represents a simplified form of danggan-jiju in which only the pole itself remains, without the pair of supporting pillars. Though basically long and square in section, each corner has been trimmed so that it ultimately takes an octagonal form. It is thick at the base, tapers gradually as it rises, and finishes in a rounded top. It is highly unusual both that the supporting pillars were omitted and that the top was finished in a rounded shape rather than with an iron ring. No trace of the temple now remains, but the pillar is thought to have belonged to one. Fragments of fine-quality celadon and roof tiles found nearby suggest that it was erected sometime between the end of Goryeo and the beginning of Joseon.

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Where it is

Region

Goheung, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료