Three-story Stone Pagoda in Jangha-ri, Buyeo

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.184

Category

Sites & Pagodas

Era

고려시대

Designated year

1963

Location

부여군, 충청남도— 충남 부여군 장암면 장하리 536번지

Coordinates

36.235333, 126.947025

The Baekje-style three-story stone pagoda in Jangha-ri, Buyeo-gun appears to have been modeled on the Five-story Stone Pagoda at the Jeongnimsa Temple Site, Buyeo (National Treasure No. 9), which is situated in the former territory of the Baekje Dynasty comprising Chungcheong and Jella Provinces. The main body of the pagoda is placed on a three-tiered stylobate which is hewn from a single stone laid on the foundation. The four corners of the main body are engraved with pillar patterns, which taper upward. The core stone of the first story is composed of long, slim stones. The four sides of each story are engraved with a niche design. Wooden pagodas usually have a niche for housing a statue of the Buddha, while stone pagodas are usually just engraved with a niche design. Built during the Goryeo Dynasty, this pagoda appears to lack stability due to its high core stones and the excessively wide roof stones of the main body. Although the pagoda follows the overall style of the Five-story Stone Pagoda at the Jeongnimsa Temple Site, its structure and the techniques used are inferior to it. In 1931, an ivory Buddha, a wooden tower and various fragments of the Dharani Sutra were found in the core stone of the first story of this pagoda. Thirty or so years later, during repair work carried out in 1962, a round space (7 cm in diameter x 12 cm in depth) for enshrining the sarira, containing 41 sariras, was discovered. All the relics found at the pagoda are now kept at Buyeo National Museum.

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