Bronze Bell of Gogyeonsa Temple, Geochang

The bronze bell enshrined in the main sanctuary of Gogyeonsa, which is a time-honored one built in the period of Silla, was made in 1630(the 8th ruling year of king Injo), and its height is 97.2cm with 59.7cm in it's mouth diameter, having a comparatively big size among the bronze bells made in the first half of the 17th century. This bronze bell is tinged with light red on the whole and expressed two dragons on its top board which is not equipped with a sound pipe particularly, there is a letter′王′(king)engraved on the forehead of the dragons, On its bottom part, it is decorated with an arabesque pattern below the casting log expressed the dynamic appearance of a dragon realistically enhancing the completeness of this work. There are a detailed record on its producers including Buddhist monk, Seolbong, Chijuk, Deuknam, and Deukil, etc, history of the temple and materials used for the bronze bell in the engraved writings the Buddhist temple bell is a monumental work created by Buddhist monk Seolbong who took a leading role as the Buddhist monk artisan in the first half of the 17th century among the Buddhist temple bells in the late of Joseon, and this bell is evaluated as the representative bronze bell of the mid-period of the Joseon Dynasty for the highly exquisite casting technique for the expression of detailed patterns and its good condition of preservation.

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