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| Designation
Number |
Treasure
No.226 |
| Date
of Designation |
January
21, 1963 |
| Age |
Goryeo
Dynasty |
| Location |
282
Cheonsong-ri, Yeoju-eup,
Yeoju-gun, Gyeonggi-do(Inside
Silleuksa Temple) |
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There is a multi-storied brick temple on a great
rock beside a river flowing on the southeast side
of Silleuksa Temple. This pagoda was made with piled
up bricks, and records show that Shinrueksa Temple
used to be called the wall temple. This pagoda can
easily be seen by visitors to Silleuksa Temple and
also by boatmen crossing the river. As a result,
this pagoda has become more famous than the name
of Shinrueksa Temple. The temple was called the
wall temple as this pagoda seems like a wall made
up of piled bricks.Some people assume that this
pagoda was built in the Silla age, but it seems
more reasonable to conclude that this pagoda was
built in the Goryeo age when we inspect the pagoda’s
design. This pagoda seems to have been built in
1726 (2nd year of King Yeongjo of Joseon). Overall,
this pagoda is quite high due to its seven-storied
stylobate.It is notable that the stylobate is made
of granite. The reason for this characteristic seems
to be to increase the pagoda’s height to attract
people’s attention because the pagoda is on a hill
beside a river. While bricks are densely packed
in the case of Silla brick pagodas, these bricks
are loosely arranged in this pagoda and there are
lotus flowers engraved in half-circles on the bricks.
The well preserved top part of the pagoda includes
decorations made with bricks and granite. Even though
this pagoda has lost its original shape due to repairs,
it still seems to be faithfully playing its role
as a guard protecting Silleuksa Temple by its placement
standing high on a rock.
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