Five-story Stone Pagoda in Jukjang-ri, Gumi

A pagoda is a symbolic monument enshrining the relics or remains of the Buddha.

This five-story stone pagoda is presumed to have been built during the Unified Silla period (668-935). It is the largest extant five-story stone pagoda in Korea, measuring 10 m in height.

The pagoda is composed of a two-tiered base, five sets of body and roof stones, and part of a decorative top. There is a chamber for enshrining a buddha statue in the first-story body stone. The entrance of the chamber has small holes on each side, suggesting there was once a door to the chamber. Each of the roof stones have their upper and lower surfaces carved into tiers, which is a design that mimics brick pagodas.

According to a legend, a brother and sister had a competition to make a five-story stone pagoda. Eventually, the sister won by building this pagoda faster than her brother.

Source: Korea Heritage Service signboard ↗ · collected 2026-10-08