Several Sundays ago we have service up in the mountains. Cam my close friend here in Korea came as my visitor. Afterwards the church had arranged for us to eat lunch at a restaurant that specialized in DUCK! Yuck.... well I did try a piece and then kinda wanted to vomit. It definitely does not taste like chicken- like everyone says!
Afterward Cam and I were lucky to be joined by a great married couple, Sue and Ho who drove and showed us around this lovely Buddhist Temple.
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This was the view during service!
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| Charming private hut you can rent to have lunch with family and friends. |
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I found this to be quite interesting. Once this site was excavated this monument was stripped and rebuilt in order to insure a sound structure. Within it they found a Buddha statue encased inside.
This statue now rest at the Korean Museum of Art in Seoul.
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The grounds of this attraction must have had at least 6 different types of temples in which you could pay homage to ancestors, and of course to Buddha himself.
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If I'm not mistaken all of these lantern like abject on the ceiling represent descend ancestors.
Our translation was a bit difficult. |
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| Encased in this statue are the ashes of deceased Buddhist. There names are engraved on this black marble sheet. |
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| Once the statue in the above image is filled to capacity other mimi structures are built. |
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