Hangul 부여 정림사지 오층석탑 | Hanja 扶餘定林寺址五層石塔 | |
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Revised Romanization Buyeo Jeongnimsaji Ocheung Seoktap McCune–Reischauer Puyŏ Chŏngnimsaji Och'ŭng Sŏkt'ap | ||
The Five storied stone pagoda of Jeongnimsa Temple site (Korean: 부여 정림사지 오층석탑) is a five-story pagoda standing on a single narrow and low base pedestal. It was built in the Baekje Era.
Each pedestal is fixed by a pillar stone. Each corner of the pagoda body in each story holds a pillar stone using the beheullim technique, where a pillar's upper and lower extremities are narrow while its middle is convex. Thin and wide roof stones covering the edges of the eaves display what is described as "lofty elegance."
It is valued in that it shows refined and creative figures as well as the typical form of a wooden building like a thin pedestal, with pillars exhibiting the beheullim technique and thin and wide roof stones. The pagoda is also highly valued as one of the two last remaining stone pagodas from the Baekje Era.