This bronze bell is an extremely deteriorated form among the bells of the Joseon Dynasty and is insignificant in terms of style. However, it is said to have been first casted at Yongdasa Temple on Yonghwasan Mountain in Hwacheon in 1787 (the 11th year of King Jeongjo's reign), and the epitaph was said to have been offered at Simgoksa Temple in Yanggu in 1878 (the 15th year of King Gojong's reign). However, it is the same type that was kept at Guryongsa Temple in Wonju.
It is of great value in that it is rare to find a paper with a Korean inscription from this period.
It has been on display at the Gangwon Provincial Museum since 1977, and was moved to Woljeongsa Temple in September 1999 and is currently on display at the Seongbo Museum.
At the top of the bell, there is an omega (Ω)-shaped dragon string with dragon heads on opposite sides of the body. The top plate is hemispherical, and there is a line of bands separating it from the main body, with a lotus flower pattern roughly engraved around the yongnu. The body of the body was divided into four parts by turning three rows of bands, and it was treated with a small surface without any decorations such as the upper and lower pedestals, the standing Bodhisattva statue, and the Yugak.
However, it has important meaning in that there are inscriptions in Korean and Chinese characters at the top and bottom of the body, respectively. Among them, the Chinese character inscription at the bottom is the main bell when the bell was first cast. The first bell was cast in 1787 (Qianlong [乾隆] 52, King Jeongjo 11) at Yongdasa Temple on Yonghwasan Mountain in Nangcheon. It can be seen that this was done. Nangcheon is the current Hwacheon-gun, and Yonghwasan is a mountain that forms the border between Hwacheon-gun and Chuncheon-si, but the location of Yongdasa Temple is unknown.
The Korean inscription at the top is a prayer at the time the bell was offered again, and the Korean text is engraved in bold letters and painted red. The story is that in 1879 (the 5th year of Gwangseo, the 16th year of King Gojong's reign), Hwang, a pure woman living in Gyeongseong, made a donation to Simgok Temple in Pallang-ri, Dong-myeon, Yanggu-gun. This fact is confirmed in Geonbongsa Temple. It is also confirmed in the Simgoksa Temple Historic Site of Bonmal Temple 》.
This bell is stylistically insignificant, but it has the so-called Wonmyeong (原銘) and Chumyeong (追銘), the names of the two temples that worshiped this bell appear, and the Korean name is also confirmed in literature, and it was written in Korean during this period. Bells with inscriptions are significant in that they are rare examples.