There was a stone lantern in front of Daewung-jeon Hall in Beopjoo-sa temple.
The stone lantern looked very nice. At a glimpse of the lantern, I could notice the lantern was unusual. It was very well balanced. It was simple but elegant.
This stone lantern stood in front of Daewung-jeon which was one of the 3 best Buddhist halls in Korea.
Even though it stood in front of the one of the best buildings, the lantern seemed to show its charisma.
Usually the lantern is secondary structure in Buddhist temple, but in this case this lantern looked to have the independent meaning.
This lantern was the best among what I have ever seen recently.
As getting closer, there were four carvings on the lantern, which were 4 heaven kings protecting the Buddhist paradise.
On the bottom, the lotus pattern was carved.
In my guess, this lantern looked like to play the role of the pagoda of Daewung-jeon.
Even though there was the Palsang-jeon wooden pagoda, there was no stone pagoda in front of Daewung-jeon.
It seemed to be built in Shilla dynasty. It shows the typical characteristics of the stone lantern in that era.
