Korea

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Notes of this trip

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Songgwangsa temple in Chogyesan park, main zen temple of 1190 AD (organized geometrically)
Songgwangsa view		 Stele 119
120-121 Bridge over creek

120-121 Bridge over creek
122 Bell/drum tower
123 & 141 Main hall
123 & 141 Main hall

124 1,000 Buddha building
125 Across from 1,000 Buddha building
125 Across from 1,000 Buddha building
126 Songgwansa

127 Songgwansa
128-130 1,000 Buddha building
128-130 1,000 Buddha building
128-130 1,000 Buddha building

131 Songgwansa
132 Songgwansa
133-134 Main square
133-134 Main square

135-136 1,000 Buddha hall
135-136 1,000 Buddha hall
137 Apple-shaped gate
Songgwansa 138

139 Songgwansa: Oldest house (1466)
140 Songgwansa: Memorial hall to zen master
143 Songgwansa: Outside the walls alongside the creek

Beobjusa/Popchusa temple in Songnisan park: Creek with little stone pagodas
Popchusa: Korea's tallest Buddha statue of 2002 (33m high)
Popchusa: Stone chalice-like pagoda of the 8th c
Popchusa: Korea's tallest Buddha statue of 2002 (33m high)

Popchusa: Korea's tallest Buddha statue of 2002 (33m high)
Popchusa: Small square hall of the 6th c
Popchusa: Five-storey wooden pagoda of the 6th c with white Buddhas
Popchusa

Popchusa: Main hall
Popchusa: Guardian of main hall
Popchusa: Five-storey wooden pagoda of the 6th c with white Buddhas
Popchusa: Pagoda and giant Buddha

Popchusa: Korea's tallest Buddha statue of 2002 (33m high)
Popchusa: Five-storey wooden pagoda of the 6th c with white Buddhas
Popchusa: Five-storey wooden pagoda of the 6th c with white Buddhas
Popchusa: Two-lion stone lantern of the 6th c

Popchusa
Popchusa: Small square hall of the 6th c
Popchusa: Rock relief of seated Buddha
Popchusa: Harmony with nature

Popchusa: Harmony with nature

Chikchisa/Jikjisa temple of 418 AD with the hall of 1,000 small images of Buddha: first gate
Jikjisa: Main gate
Jikjisa: Main gate
Jikjisa: Main hall square

Jikjisa: Main hall square
Jikjisa: Main hall square
Jikjisa: Painting of 1711 in main hall
Jikjisa: Painting of 1711 in main hall

Jikjisa: Behind the main hall
Jikjisa: 1,000 Buddhas
Jikjisa: 1,000 Buddhas
Jikjisa: 1,000 Buddhas

Jikjisa: 1,000 Buddhas
Jikjisa: 1,000 Buddhas
Jikjisa: 1,000 Buddhas
Jikjisa: Old house

Jikjisa: Bell tower
Jikjisa: Bell
Jikjisa: Brand-new restored building

Haeinsa Temple in Kayasan park (1488 AD), Korea's holiest temple, home to the Tripitaka engraved on 80,000 woodblocks between 1237 and 1248
Haeinsa 184
Haeinsa 185
Haeinsa: last gate 186

Haeinsa 187
Haeinsa 188
Haeinsa 189
Haeinsa 190

Haeinsa 191
Haeinsa 192
Haeinsa 193
Haeinsa 194

Haeinsa 195
Haeinsa 196
Haeinsa: Main hall 197
Haeinsa 198

Haeinsa 199
Haeinsa 200
Haeinsa 201
Haeinsa: Council hall 202

Haeinsa 203
Haeinsa 204
Haeinsa: Library 205
Haeinsa 206

Haeinsa 207
Haeinsa 208
Haeinsa 209
Apartment blocks in Daegu (typical of all large Korean cities)

Busan
Busan

Towards Tongdosa
Towards Tongdosa
Towards Tongdosa
Tongdosa temple of 646, one of the three "jewels" with Haeinsa and Songgwangsa (organized as a flow of buildings towards the mountain)

Tongdosa
Tongdosa
095-099 Tongdosa: Bell tower
095-099 Tongdosa: Bell tower

095-099 Tongdosa: Bell tower
095-099 Tongdosa: Bell tower
095-099 Tongdosa: Bell tower
Tongdosa

Tongdosa
102,104 Tongdosa: Bulimun
Tongdosa
102,104 Tongdosa: Bulimun

Tongdosa
Tongdosa
Tongdosa
Tongdosa

Tongdosa
110 Tongdosa: Daeungjeon (1645), holiest building
111-3 Tongdosa: Geumganggyedan (7th c), with Buddha relic
111-3 Tongdosa: Geumganggyedan (7th c), with Buddha relic

111-3 Tongdosa: Geumganggyedan (7th c), with Buddha relic
Tongdosa
115 Tongdosa: Highest temple, with Vairocana Buddha inside
Tongdosa

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