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| Buseok
Temple, North Gyeongsang Province. © John Holstein 2000 |
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An
unidentified structure near the Main Buddha Hall at Bo-gwang Temple,
Gyeonggi Province (north of Seoul). © John Holstein 2002
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©
John Holstein 1998 |
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| An
old shack on the Bo-gwang Temple premises. © John Holstein 2002 |
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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. © John Holstein
2002 |
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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. © John
Holstein 2002 |
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| Devotional
offerings box at the feet of the Yongmiri Maitreya Buddhas. © John
Holstein 2002 |
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©
John Holstein 2002 |
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| Hyeweon
Temple, Pyeongchangdong, Seoul. © John Holstein 2003 |
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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"). © John Holstein
2003 |
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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. © John Holstein
2006 |
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| At
Heungcheon Temple, in Donam-dong, Seoul. © John Holstein 1988 |
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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). © John Holstein
2002 |
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