Three-story Stone Pagoda of Yunpiram Hermitage, Mungyeong

The Three-story Stone Pagoda of Yunpiram Hermitage at Daeseungsa Temple, Mungyeong, is characterised by a lotus-petal design on the base, three consecutive carved corner pilasters on the upper base stone, and a door motif carved on the south face of the first-storey body stone; comparison with surviving pagodas suggests it was built during the Goryeo period. If the base, currently buried in the courtyard, is excavated and exposed in future, a more precise understanding of the base structure should be possible. Although the second-storey body stone is missing, the dimensions of the body-stone support on the upper surface of the surviving first-storey roof stone suggest that the pagoda was originally three storeys in its entirety. The Three-story Stone Pagoda of Yunpiram Hermitage has a unique structure not found in other pagodas, as seen in its unusual base structure and patterns, the three-tiered arrangement of corner pilasters on the surface stone of the upper base, and the body-stone support above the upper capstone, and it is fully worthy of preservation as a national heritage item. It is judged advisable to designate the pagoda as a provincial cultural heritage material, so that, by examining the lower base and restoring the parts from the third storey upward using the same type of stone, its original form can be reproduced and preserved. Overall, the Three-story Stone Pagoda of Yunpiram Hermitage is a three-storey pagoda in which the style established in Unified Silla-period stone pagodas is combined with the creative and artistic characteristics of Goryeo-period stone pagodas, and it is recognised as material that reveals the style and structure of stone pagodas at the time of its construction.

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Where it is

Region

Mungyeong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료