Temple Site in Gunsu-ri, Buyeo

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.44

Category

유적지

Era

백제시대

Designated year

1963

Location

부여군, 충청남도— 충남 부여군 부여읍 군수리 19번지

Coordinates

36.269010, 126.909039

This temple site, located in Gunsu-ri, Buyeo-eup, dates back to the Baekje Dynasty (18 B.C. ~ A.D. 660). This was revealed through the 1935 and 1936 excavations, which also found that the temple was built according to the popular plan for a temple with a single pagoda with inner gate, a wooden pagoda, the main building of Geumdang, and the main lecture hall lined up in the north-south direction. What is noteworthy here is that the foundation of the main building was made with tiles. Relics are scattered around the site. Bricks carved with patterns of lotus flower or honeysuckle, gold rings, small beads, and others were excavated. In addition, the Standing Gilt-bronze Bodhisattva in Gunsu-ri, and Seated Stone Buddha in Gunsu-ri, steel nails, and seven-branched sword were found underneath the foundation stones of what had been the wooden pagoda. The most interesting find is the seven-branched sword. It has three swords on each side, so it has a total of seven blades. Its whereabouts are not known, but the same-shaped sword of Baekje in Japan suggests cultural exchange between Baekje and Japan.

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