I gathered several posts on Cheongryongsa temple which was located in the downtown of Seoul.
At the entrance of the temple
The name Cheongryong means ‘Blue dragon’, actually in Korean traditional belief, Cheonryong means Water. In Yin Yang philosophy, blue means Yin.
This temple was managed by nuns.
There were no gates in this temple like in other temples. Instead the gates, Heaven Kings were drawn on the gate of One Pillar gate.
It seemed that this temple had suffered difficulties taken through long history.
It barely seemed to preserved its old shape.
The one pillar gate in the center of Seoul was very impressive. Originally, the one pillar gate means the boundary between the temple and the secular world. In this city the boundary between the temple and the secular world was so close.
As passing through the gate, the boards were hung on the wall, on which was written the teachings of Buddhism.
Dae Wung Jeon Hall was located at the other side of the ground. The lanterns were beautiful.
Buddha Statue in Daewung-Jeon Hall
Buddha state itself in this temple was not special, but the painting behind of the statue was so vivid. What catching my eyes was the color of background. Black color seemed to not common in other temples. This black background made Buddha painting more vivid.
Mountain God Hall
There was a mountain god hall behind of Dae Wung Jeon, the main hall of this temple. As usual, the mountain god hall was located in the highest place to protect the temple.
Views from the temple
My favorite thing in the Korean traditional architecture is the roof.
The line of the roof seemed to reflect the Korean culture.
It looked humble, but it looked to express well the warm feelings of Korean folks.
Miscellanies
The pine between the roofs was the traces that this place was far from the village at once.
I photographed the wall of the temple, the roofing tiles and the bricks were piled along the wall.
It must be a nice to look around the traditional temples in the downtown of Seoul metropolitan
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It is quite good for tourists to have such attraction just in the middle of the capital. Being a capital of Korea there are might be crowds of people searching for history, interesting extraordinary and typical Korean culture. We all want to have a piece of the country we visit with us. Cheongryongsa Temple is almost saying: "Come in and explore me". I bet the children love this place due to such colourful lantern. I love them myself. Also those painting of Heaven Kings on the door is really impressive.
Like you I love typical Korean roof tiles that is something that connects the past and today. It was nice to learn more and to see that little past in the middle of modern city :)
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Is there a such big temple in downtown of Seoul really?
Wow! Amazing and beautiful place!!!
Great things you shared along with information thanks for it
I also like the roofs that are predominant in the Korean culture. It is an infectious kind of thing. The people of Korea have slight, humble smiles on their face as I would walkabout. It always made me curious about them and their lifestyle, but, especially their culture. My sister and I would call it the land of the happy smile because even their houses, with the curvature of the roof, was smiling! :)
I was thinking about how amazing how many temples are left in Seoul even though the city is huge and has grown over the years.
I agree that the black is aesthetically pleasing in the back of the Buddha and allows me to focus very well on him. Also, the gate was not carved, but painted, yes?
The lanterns were beautiful, strung in a long line like that!
Thank you for taking us to Cheongryongsa Temple! It was wonderful. As always, have a most peaceful day.
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The beautiful temple is so close that we can look around easily.
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