고려시대 사리장엄구로 사용된 동경의 매납과 의미

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This article discusses the discovery of four bronze mirrors found within the pagoda of Woljeongsa Temple during the Goryeo Dynasty, along with their arrangement and their relationship with Buddhist relics. Woljeongsa Temples approach significantly diverges from the traditional method observed before Unified Silla, which was common in stone pagodas until the early Goryeo Dynasty.
In Chinese pagodas, attempts to utilize bronze mirrors in a unique manner within the organic relationship with relics began gradually since the Tang Dynasty. However, it was particularly during the late 10th to 11th centuries, corresponding to the Five Dynasties and Northern Song period, that the method of surrounding relic chambers with multiple mirrors, similar to that of Woljeongsa Temple, became prevalent.
Such innovative enshrinement methods in China would have influenced the construction of the Buddhist Reliquary in Woljeongsa Temples stone pagoda. Whereas the previous research on the Buddhist Reliquary in Woljeongsa Temple has primarily focused on its relationship with the Kingdom of Wuyue, considering the deployment patterns of bronze mirrors used in the relic enshrinement reveals that its relationship can be expanded to the Northern Song Dynasty as well.
Through the transmission of Buddhist scriptures persisting from the Goryeo to the Song Dynasty, the purity of the Buddhas body and the boundless reflection of the Dharma through the mirror were visualized. It can be understood that the unique method of enshrining relics, which involves the installation of multiple bronze mirrors inside the pagoda housing the Buddhas body, was devised.