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| Buseok
Temple, North Gyeongsang Province. |
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An
unidentified structure near the Main Buddha Hall at Bo-gwang Temple,
Gyeonggi Province (north of Seoul).
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| An
old shack on the Bo-gwang Temple premises. |
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| The 11th
century (Koryo Dynasty) "Yongmiri Maitreya Buddha" couple at Yong-am
Temple, in northern Kyeonggi Province. The figures have as many features
of folk art as they do of conventional Buddhist art. Note the pockmarks
all over the bodies and faces. It's said that the Buddhas were used for
target practice by U.S. soldiers during the Korean War. |
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torsos of the figures are carved from the granite cliff, but the heads
were carved separately. To the front is the Paju countryside. |
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| Devotional
offerings box at the feet of the Yongmiri Maitreya Buddhas. |
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| Hyeweon
Temple, Pyeongchangdong, Seoul. |
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| Inside
Hyewon Temple (Pyoungchangdong, Seoul). The inclusion of animist and Taoist
elements in these paintings in Korean Buddhist temples is evidence of the
syncretism of animism, Taoism and Buddhism that exists throughout Buddhist
Asia. From left: the Mountain God (he always has a tiger at his side), the
Hermit, and the Big Dipper Buddha (note the two haloed Sunlight and Moonlight
Boddhisatvas closest to the Buddha, and the seven haloed Buddhas representing
the stars of the Big Dipper). For more on the Mountain God, see "Mountain
Spirits Still Watching Over Korea." In Korea we can see signs of
animism even in Christianity (see "Christianity,
Shamanism, and Modernization in South Korea"). |
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| Bori Hermitage,
where Lee Seong-gye, founder of the Chosun dynasty, once stayed to study.
Geum Mountain, Namhae Island, South Gyeongsang Province. |
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| At
Heungcheon Temple, in Donam-dong, Seoul. |
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| Chogye
Temple, downtown Seoul. (Photo by Cunningham.) |
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| Chogye
Temple. (Photo by Cunningham.) |
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| Figurine
and other offerings at Yeong-am Temple (north of Seoul). |
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