Stupa Group at Beopcheonsa Temple Site, Goseong

A seungtap is a stupa — a round stone tower built to enshrine the sari (relics) or remains of a Buddhist monk — also known as a budo. Where several such stupas stand together, the group is called a seungtap-gun, or stupa group. The Stupa Group at Beopcheonsa Temple Site, Goseong stands on the former site of Beopcheonsa Temple and consists of seven stupas and one memorial stele. The stupas and the stele bear the names of monks such as Gyebong Hwasang and Joung Daesa (hwasang and daesa being honorific titles for a Buddhist monk), so that it is known whose memorials they are. All the stupas are of the stone bell-shaped type and are thought to have been erected during the Joseon period. The names of the surrounding mountain valleys — Namuamgol, Jinseongamgol, Unbongamgol, Saengeonamgol, Guksadang and others — are taken from the names of hermitages, small temples attached to a larger one, suggesting that a large temple once stood here during a period when Buddhism flourished. These stupas are an important record for estimating the scale of that temple at the time.

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Where it is

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Goseong, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료