SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The Gongju Magoksa Five-story Stone Pagoda, famed for its distinctive "pagoda on top of a pagoda" structure, has been designated as a National Treasure. The Cultural ...
The pagoda is situated in Shita Temple in Gaoxing Township of Qionglai County, Chengdu. The stone pagoda was built in 1169 of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the present pagoda retains its original ...
The pagoda is built of a kind of hard stone produced in the area. After more than a thousand years the pagoda shows no sign of decay. Except for some small sculptured stone pagodas and pagoda ...
According to the Korea Heritage Service on the 9th, the 'five-story stone pagoda of Gongju Magoksa' has been designated as a national treasure. This is the elevation to national treasure status ...