Unjin Miruk

Countryside Falling Flowers Rock Folk Village Haeinsa Temple Kyongju Mt Songni Pulguksa Temple Pusan Seoul Unjin Miruk

Unjin Miruk

Photos from my visit in 1988

 

along the path to the temple

 

This is the second main gate (sachonwang-mun) which holds the statues of the four Heavenly Kings.

 

one of the Heavenly Kings

 

 

 "Kwanchoksa Stone Bodhisattva (Treasure No. 218)

This largest stone Bodhisattva in Korea is otherwise typical of those fund in the Chunchong-do and Kyonggi-do provinces during the Koryo Kingdom (918-1392). On the head of the Bodhisattva is a cylindrical crown topped with a rectangular canopy. Unusual wind chimes hang from the four corners of the canopy. The disproportionately large face, the simple engraved folds of the robe and the pole-like formation of the body indicate that the Bodhisattva was sculpture by an unskilled local craftsman. The style of the image and the available records show that this is an Avolokitesvara Bodhisattva a Bodhisattva of Mercy". (Located at the Kwanch'ok-sa temple in Chungchongnam-do.)

 

 

the foot

 

school boys on their Spring field trip

 

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