Sesimsa Temple Multi-story Tap

Sesimsa, founded during the Goryeo dynasty, was originally called Sinsimsa, but its name was recently changed to Sesimsa. Standing within the temple grounds, this pagoda has a nine-storey body set on a three-tiered platform; the platform is made of granite, while the body is carved from slate, a stone also used to make ink-stones. Each of the three tiers of the platform has pillar-shaped carvings at its corners and lotus patterns carved here and there. In the body, only the first-storey body stone is made of four stacked slabs, while the body stones of the remaining eight storeys are each made of a single slab, with pillar shapes carved at the corners of every body stone. The roof stones each have two-tiered supports on the underside, a gently sloping upper surface, and corners that are chamfered rather than upturned. The slate finial ornaments at the top were newly carved and added in a later period. Judging from the stone-dressing technique, the unusual material, and the carving style overall, the pagoda is presumed to date from the Goryeo period. Originally the body stones had been lost, leaving only the roof stones on the platform, until in 1956 the two monks Ilta and Dogyeon reassembled it into its present form.

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Where it is

Region

Asan, Chungnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료