Kumgangsan Jeongyangsa Temple Stone Lantern
Kumgangsan Jeongyangsa Temple Stone Lantern (elevation drawing)
Kumgangsan Jeongyangsa Temple Stone Lantern
NORTH KOREA, Kangwon, Hoeyang
The stone lantern is located in front of the three-tier stone pagoda at Jeongyangsa Temple on Kumgangsan (Diamond Mountain). It is one of the most important hexagonal stone lanterns built during the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392).
The lantern is 2.9 m high. The base consists of an inverted lotus followed by a pillar supporting the body of the lantern. The body is divided into three layers: an upright lotus base, the middle part with six oval openings, and the steep hexagonal pyramidal roof, which turns upwards at the corners. A jewel sits atop the point of the roof.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, page 630.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Kumgangsan Jeongyangsa Temple Stone Lantern." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 630.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang and Lewis Lancaster. 2016. "Kumgangsan Jeongyangsa Temple Stone Lantern" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, 2:630.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, & Lancaster, L. (2016). Kumgangsan Jeongyangsa Temple Stone Lantern. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L (Vol. 2, pp. 630).
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