Three-story Stone Pagoda at Bungmireugam Hermitage of Daeheungsa Temple, Haenam

Although pagodas had only enshrined saria relics of the Buddha from their origins as North-Indian stupas some 2200 years ago, over the years sutras and statues of the Buddha began to be preserved in them. As Buddhism moved across the Silk Road into Northeast Asia, pagodas took on a wide variety of shapes, sizes and materials in different countries. For example, brick pagodas were popular in China, wooden pagodas in Japan and Stone Pagodas in Korea. This pagoda resembles those of the Silla Kingdom in that the 3-story body rests on a 2-story platform, and that four levels of support are provided underneath the pagoda's roof. It is nonetheless believed that this pagoda was made in the 11th century, likely together the seated Buddha Image on the cliff rock. During the course of repair-work in 1970 three golden Buddha statues were found, and they are now being preserved in this temple's Buddhist Treasure Museum. Like the 3-story Stone Pagoda of Eungjin dang(Treasure), this pagoda has an important value of indicating the spread of stone pagodas following the style of those made in the unified Silla era to this region.

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