In Chinese history, Buddhism became a mainstream religion in the Northern and Southern dynasties and then was established as the central religion in the course of the Sui and Tang dynasties, during which time it was widely practiced by all classes of people. Stupas and Buddhist statues are central to Buddhist religious practice and thus were essential components in Buddhist temples. Many stupas still remain throughout China today. The most common type of Chinese stupas is a brick pagoda. On the other hand, there are a number of stone pagodas. The typical style of the stone pagodas was formed during the Sui and Tang periods and spread along with increasing popularity of Buddhism. Many of the stone pagodas from the Sui and Tang periods can be found in temples located in major cities in the Yellow River Valley, such as Xi’an and Luoyang, and along main traffic routes. This provides a useful reference for understanding the spread of Buddhist culture and its disseminating channels. The stone pagoda of the Sui and Tang eras can be roughly categorized into three types: wooden building, multi-story, and pavilion. The wooden building type of stone pagodas were built steadily throughout the Sui and Tang dynasties. This type of pagoda was primarily used to enshrine a monk statue or Buddhist relics and employed the tomb-stupa form. The multi-story pagoda was the most typical stone pagoda form in the Tang period and was composed of a firm base with a high-rise, multi-story body. This pagoda was built in the High Tang period for commemorating a special day or as a place of offering. The pavilion type is the one that thoroughly copies the wooden pavilion structure. Stone pagodas built during the Silla period usually enshrined Buddhist relics, arranged at the center of a temple and used as a central object for praying and practicing. On the other hand, the stone pagodas from the Sui and Tang periods were built for a variety of purposes. While the Silla made a sharp distinction between pagodas built for the Buddha and those built for monks, pagodas in China were built without such distinctions. This implies that the Chinese had different perception and ideas concerning the stone pagoda compared to the Silla people. It is well known that the prototype of the Korean stone pagoda is the wooden pagoda. However, the similarities and differences between Korean stone pagodas and those built in ancient China have not been fully studied. Through an in-depth study on them, I hope to determine whether the stone pagoda of Baekje, which is a prototype of the Korean pagoda, was created by Baekje people without any foreign inf luence or was built in consideration of Chinese stone pagodas. Based on these studies, the stylistic origin of the stone pagodas of the Korean Silla dynasty and their background can be better understood.