Korean-style Tower Architecture

Pyongyang, November 4 (KCNA) -- Tower architecture, a part of the Korean people's valuable cultural heritage, has a long history of development.

The ancient towers in the DPRK showing excellent architecture are dotted in almost all parts of the country with Pyongyang as their centre.

The architecture of the ancient towers categorized into wooden, stone, brick ones according to the building materials was created and completed in the period of Koguryo (B.C. 277-A.D. 668).

The ancient tower architecture of our country gradually developed into the stone tower architecture from the wooden tower architecture.

The stone tower became the main form as it was easier to make than the wooden one and endured for a long time.

In the period after Koryo (918-1392), a number of stone towers were built and the stone tower architecture prevailed in the country.

The Korean-style tower architecture was registered as a part of the national intangible cultural heritage in October 2017. -0-