Three-Story Stone Pagoda at Jinjeonsa Temple Site, Yangyang

This is a three-story stone pagoda standing at the former site of Jinjeonsa Temple. Jinjeonsa is said to have been founded by National Preceptor Doui during the Unified Silla period, and roof tile fragments inscribed with 'Jinjeon (陳田)' were discovered around the site, revealing the temple's name. The pagoda follows the typical style of the Unified Silla period, with a three-story pagoda body placed on a two-tiered base. On the lower tier of the base are images of celestial beings (cheoninsang) wearing flowing robes, while the upper tier features the Eight Guardian Deities (palshinshinjung) seated on clouds holding weapons in a vigorous manner. The body stone and roof stone of the pagoda body are each made from a single stone, and the first-story body stone features various Buddhist statue carvings in different poses.

The roof stones have slightly upturned eaves at the four corners, giving a light and graceful beauty, with five-tiered supports on the underside. At the top of the third-story roof stone, only the base stone remains, and all the finial decorations have been lost. This pagoda, well-balanced overall with the upturned corners of the roof stones adding a lively elegance, is one of the representative stone pagodas of the Unified Silla period. The beautiful carvings on the base and the refined Buddhist statues on the first-story body stone evoke the former splendor of Jinjeonsa Temple.