Kyongju (now romanised as Gyeongju, in the southeast part of modern-day South Korea) became the centre of the Silla Kingdom in the mid-7th century. Bulguksa Temple (literally "Temple of the Buddha Land") was constructed between 751-774 ad. The little tower seen on Korean coins is located at Bulguksa. You know which one I mean, Dave. Have you been to Bulguksa? Sokkuram is pretty nice, as well. Your Ulsan Temple pic reminded me of this a lot, I guess the style is pretty similar as they are so close. This picture was taken back in 2001... I'm missing Korea a lot!
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gorgeous, so are these rafters?
Essentially, yes. Temples like this are pretty hard to compare to other buildings!
Funny you say you are missing Korea, as right now I am missing Canada, A LOT!
The grass is always greener, eh?
Maybe we should swap positions? Do you want to be an underemployed starving musician/grad student? It's got quite the attractive lifestyle, let me tell ya!
You know, now that I reread my transliteration of the Korean name "Bulguksa", I realize that the "Bulguksa Temple" is completely redundant. "Bul-" is "buddha", "-guk-" is "country" (as in "Han-guk" for Korea, or "Han-country"), and "-sa" is "temple". So, saying "Bulguksa Temple" is like saying "Buddha Country Temple Temple".
I hate when people do things like that! And I did that! Argh! (I feel like Charlie Brown)
heh. great pic.
those are some seriously patient artists.
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