Beokji-ri, Bonghwa, Beomeosa Yure Statue

The Bonghwa Bukjiri Rock-carved Seated Buddha was created by carving into a natural rock cliff to form a huge room-like space for the Buddha to sit in, and within it a 4.3m-tall rock-carved Buddha was carved in very high relief. The broad, large face is rich in volume and bears a smile on the front, showing a vivid appearance. The shoulders seem somewhat hunched, but the body is imposing, and the clothing draped over both shoulders forms thick U-shaped folds at the chest and hangs long down past both arms, covering even the pedestal on which the Buddha sits. The hand gesture shows the right hand raised to the chest and the left hand lowered to the knee, expressed on a large scale, adding to the Buddha's dignified beauty. The halo behind the Buddha is divided into a head halo and a body halo, with small Buddhas expressed in various places, and an elaborate lotus pattern carved at the center of the head halo. The halo behind the Buddha is divided into a head halo and a body halo, with small Buddhas expressed in various places, and an elaborate lotus pattern carved at the center of the head halo. Considering the soft appearance expressed in the face and body, the time of creation of the Buddha is estimated to be the late 7th century, and together with the Rock-carved Buddha Triad and Seated Buddha of Gaheung-dong, Yeongju (Treasure), it is a work representing the Buddha style of the Yeongju-Bonghwa area of this period, leaving a great footprint in the history of Silla Buddhist sculpture.

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