Twin-lion stone lantern to return to Yeoju temple site after decades in museum

Sep 9, 2026

The Korea Heritage Service said it is moving forward with plans to relocate a Goryeo-era stone lantern from the National Museum of Korea back to a temple site in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, where it originally stood. The agency is working with the National Museum of Korea and the city of Yeoju to move the Twin-Lion Stone Lantern from Godalsa Temple Site — a Treasure, one of Korea's state heritage designations just below National Treasure — back to the Godalsa Temple Site, a state-designated Historic Site. The lantern is believed to date back to the 10th century, early in the Goryeo Dynasty. Unlike most twin-lion stone lanterns in Korea, whose lion figures typically stand upright, the lions on this lantern crouch — a feature regarded as evidence of Goryeo's creative approach to stone carving. It was designated as a Treasure in 1963. According to the agency, the lantern was found toppled over at the Godalsa site and moved several times before eventually reaching the museum: kept by village residents, then relocated to the rear garden of a wedding hall in Seoul's Jongno District in 195

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