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Tangan (Flagpole)
Name: Tangan (Flagpole)
Designation: Kyonggi-do tangible cultural property No. 39
Period: Choson Dynasty
Location: 801 Chiljang-ri, Chuksan-myon
Owner: State ownership
Size: Total Height 11.5m, Diameter 0.4m, Column Height 3m
Material: Steel
 

It is located 700m in front of the Chiljangsa temple, and both supports of the flagpole are symmetrically installed on a North-South axis. There are no decorative parts, just a flat apex and four rounded off corners. Kan is placed at two points, one each at upper and lower part of a support, to fasten the flagpole.
Rectangular holes are pored to insert the Kans. The lower part of the Kan is placed at 50cm from the bottom, which is made of steel. There were a total of 30 steel Kans when the building was first established, but 16 steel Kans have disappeared leaving 14 Kans at present.