Me and my colleagues planed to survey the temples in Jeollabookdo Province of South Korea in this chance.
The goal of our survey was to find out some traces of Baekje Dynasty among the temple in this area.
As I had posted several times before, almost of architectures built in Baekje Kingdom were destroyed totally and finally during the Japanese Invasion War 1592 - 1597.
Many scholars have been urging that the ancient architect style in Japan must’ve been originated from Baekje Dynasty. But there is not a building left made in Baekje Dynasty in Korea anymore. So we planed to survey the location of Buddhist temple in Baekje Dynasty. But the architectures in these temples were not so different from the temples in other era.
But each temple has its own characteristics. In case of Seonwoon-sa temple, it was harmonious appearance what I saw at first.
Seonwun-sa could’ve been destroyed during the Korean War, if not the brave police man preventing the temple from bombing. During the Korean war, the communist partizans were taking active operation in this area.
The headquarters of the communist partizans was located in Seonwun-sa temple. Korean army officers planed to bombing Seowun-sa temple to remove the communist partizans. At that time, a young police officer appealed to military plan of bombing the historic relics of several hundred years. The bombing plan was canceled due to the young police man’s protest,
There you can see that story on the monument by the road to the temple.
They decorated the entrance to the temple very well. Jeollado province have been famous for its artful atmosphere. In my opinion, they tried to show their potential capability on the art.
What I saw at first at the entrance to the temple was a Bonsai park. They made the Bonsai park to show their potential ability relating the art as below.
Near the entrance there were brothers catching small fishes in the stream. They were catching fishes for observation.
This scene made me remind of my childhood playing together with my brother like them.
the curiosity of the children amazes us every time.
It is a good thing that Seonwun-sa temple was spared @slowwalker from the Korean-Communist war. Now we can see and enjoy the peace, balance, tranquility, and beauty of the temple place and even kids can play now around it.
Marvelous place!
Very nice landscaping
Nice
Problems are not the stop signs, they are the guidelines.
The photos of the boys also reminded me of my childhood
I usually just scroll through and press the vote buton, but this was a good read. Thanks for not wasting my time!
Beautiful place , perfect shot.
Beautiful place for some brotherly fun. 🐓🐓
The second photo with turtles (close-up) - magnificent.
Gorgeous photo, @slowwalker
Koi carp turned out very beautiful.
I wish you new exciting adventures and
pleasant impressions!
Best wishes from @singa
the communist had no respect befor any religion, beliwe me, they were shooting for fun to religious objects
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I do really hope you have some luck with it !
While as for the entrance does indeed looks very beautiful !Those Bonsai looks really beautiful to look at !
Seems like they did enjoyed some time and if possible they will remnember the moments like you when they grow up : )
Que lugar tan bonito! se ve relajante y armónico!
Wow @slowwalker Fascinating story and what that young policeman did, I love the photos showing that beautiful landscape and the Bonsai, those fish are Koi?
I have never seen such a beautiful place. Stunning area! the best and maximum beautiful things inside the global cannot be seen or maybe touched - they have to be felt with the coronary heart. the vicinity is incredible, and the photos are the first rate. It's a haven on the earth. I have downloaded all your photos to see more and more.