Jeongnimsa Temple Site Five-story Stone Pagoda부여 정림사지 오층석탑

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This five-story pagoda is one of just two stone pagodas surviving from Baekje (the other is at Mireuksa Temple Site in Iksan), and it is a National Treasure. Its builders borrowed from timber architecture: the corner posts swell slightly in the middle like wooden columns, and the thin, broad roof stones lift gently at the corners. After the Tang and Silla armies destroyed Baekje, the Tang general Su Dingfang carved a record of his victory on the first story, and for a time the pagoda was wrongly called the 'pagoda of the conquest of Baekje.' Excavations turned up roof tiles bearing the name Jeongnimsa, which is how the temple site got its name.

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Jeongnimsa Temple Site Five-story Stone Pagoda · 1 tours & tickets

1. KlookBuyeo Baekje Kingdom day tourA day tour of Buyeo's Baekje sites that includes the UNESCO-listed five-story stone pagoda at Jeongnimsa Temple Site, along with Baekje Cultural Land, a Hwangpo sailboat ride and Gungnamji Pond.Book

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  Buyeo National Museum and Gungnamji Pond are both within about 1 km, so the three make an easy half day on foot.
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  Look for the inscription carved around the first story: it was added long after the pagoda was built.

Nearby

Buyeo National MuseumBuyeo's free national museum of Baekje history and Buddhist art, set at the foot of Geumseongsan in town.Seodong Park and Gungnamji PondA Baekje royal pond dug south of the palace in Buyeo, now ringed by lotus fields that bloom for a festival every July.Baengmagang River CruiseBoats modeled on Baekje-era yellow-sail ships glide along the Baengmagang River beneath Nakhwaam Cliff and Goransa Temple.Baekje Cultural LandA historical theme park in Buyeo that rebuilds a Baekje royal palace, a royal temple with a five-story wooden pagoda and an early Baekje fortress.