After finishing looking around the Buddha relief in Bota-sa near the Korea University, we rode to another temple which was located one hour distance by car from Bota-sa. My friend guided me there was a same style of Buddha relief in Okcheon-am.
Here ‘am’ means a small size of temple. Okcheon means clean stream.
The style of the Buddha relief was as same as that of Bota-sa.
The relief was painted with white color and designated as the National Treasury.
The pavilion was built to protect the Buddha relief.
The face of the Buddha was similar to that of the Bota-sa.
It was carved on the rounded rock, so it must be not easy to carve the rock.
This similarity means that those two Buddha statues were built in the same period.
It may be an ages between Goryeo and Choson dynasty.
There were several lanterns behind the pavilion.
Lanterns were hung for the memory of the birth of Buddha.
There were small figures on the corner stone of the pavilion.
It was so cute, so I photoed them.
It was strange that I never had noticed the Buddha statue in this place, even though I had walked this area so often when I was in high school.
There was a Mountain god pavilion near the Budda statue.
Some women had sat for a long time and had prayed there.
One different aspect in this Mountain god pavilion from other ones was there was a mountain god stone relief instead of the painting.
The mountain god statue was very well carved.
When we compare those statues with other statue, we can realize how those reliefs were well made.
I have lived more than 40 years in Seoul, but my foreigner friend knows better than me.
This chance made me look around the whole Buddhist temple one by one in Seoul city.
By this chance, I found out ghat there were lots of old temples in Seoul.
Impressive statue, building, and somewhat artwork there @slowwalker because of how the imposing monument was crafted by devout monks and workers to make that place so timeless for believers to come in and pay their respects and to pray.
as always ... great stuff
it might actually not be that unusual to know foreign places better than ones own surrundings-I was born in Germany where trips to near by countries like Austria,Netherlands,Spain,France,Italy,Greece and so forth are only brief car rides-30 years ago I emigrated to America.Till today I have way more geographical sense and memory of Italy than my own home country-I guess one takes ones close proximity for granted and less interesting than striving for afar-Emilie Dickinson puts this nicely in her poems of how we always think of someplace else rather than being in the presence...
Gran post
An interesting post today, @slowwalker, illustrated with many beautiful photos.
The stone relief of the mountain god contrasted with the more ornate, painted depiction of Buddha.
The women were kneeling before the relief praying, obviously for protection and prosperity - and they were motivated not to neglect this worship by the presence of tigers that could be dispatched by the mountain god to wreak harm if offerings were not regularly made to him.
It's an aspect of shamanistic religion that involves appeasing the gods and a reminder that such worship is not always motivated by piety, but often by fear.
So much of life is uncertain but fear seems to me to not be the best motive for worship.
Seoul appears to be a repository of sacred places displaying many varied views of spiritual experiences.
Have a good day, my friend.
but an overabundance to take in.
T H A N K S for creating our world beautiful!
Fantastic shots! Mountain god is amazing.
Reminds me of my trip to Japan and hazy low res shots so long ago. I am going to have to go through some more shots to bring back memories.
Beautiful. The colors and the statues reminds me a lot of the Buddhist temple down the street from where I live here in Texas.
Thanks for sharing @slowwalker
P.S. Speaking of Seoul . I remember the 88' Olympics there very vividly. A great one. The scandal with Ben Johnson who beat Carl Lewis in the 100m was something else. HE later was disqualified when they found Steroids in his Urine test
돌의 곡면에 불상조각을 새겼다니 정말 신기하네요!
그런데 심지어.. 저희 학교 앞에 있는 절이었다니... 개운사말고는 몰랐었는데... 이제 알았습니다.ㅠㅠㅠ 나중에 한번 가봐야겠네요
beautiful photography friend You have my support. I hope to count on your support to keep growing. regards
이런 곳이 서울에 많이 있겠군요.
덕분에 여러 곳을 구경할 수 있어 좋네요.
근처에 가면 한번 들려봐야겠어요. ㅎㅎ
행복한 토요일 ~~ 되세요.
@slowwalker,you just made me travelled Bota-sa on my mind right now, thanks very much for taking us through the budda holy temple in Bota-sa and Okcheon-am Korea.
What a pleasant experience
So beautiful, thankyou @slowwalker, love the history and education about these temples. Truly magnificient!
this is the amazing photograpy
lovely great
es un lugar muy hermoso espero algún día conocer ese lugar los colores son muy bonito el templo es muy genial y antiguo
Amazing photography!
절도 한국적인 멋이 있네요.
섬세하게 벽에 새기고 칠한 멋도 있구요.
Thanks for sharing these beatiful pictures with us.
@slowwalker, Okcheon-am seriously clean stream. I prefer to see Korean style Buddha relief. Sri Lanka has various statue style. Also Those temples has different roof design. It's most stunning and giving deepest spiritual feelings. I'm wondering to see carved on the rounded rock Buddha's statue. Pure white color painting marvelous creation. Adorable Lanterns lot of there behind pavilion. Very nicely carved god statues. See you again through next impressive blog.
That side view of Buddha blew my mind.
Beautiful place! @slowwalker How will they have carved the stone? You're right, the little figures are very nice!
Many times we lived in a place for a long time but many times we did not ask, was that there? I did not know! and you realize that there are very beautiful places, that sometimes by being in the routine or lack of time we can not appreciate them and enjoy them
Fantastic photography interesting
This type of post are very enriching teach the reader about new cultures and make you see the world from a different perspective! The photos are amazing I liked thanks for sharing with us
Wow such beauty and intricate details in these small Temples, great photos you took capturing all aspects including the budahs and the carved mountain God statue ! thanks so much for sharing with us @slowwalker , I really enjoyed your post today! upped earlier from my Auto voter now resteemed as well!😀👍💕✌
wow these stone carvings are really cool. at the painted big buddha I haven´t realized that it is a carving.
a great place of worship crowded on the visit, has a valuable historical value, @slowwalker,☺️
Nice colors are in the temple.
maybe first you have not interested in it, although there in front of the eyes would not just ignore it, now after a friend who invites unyuk to that place and told about the stone temple .. just realized that there is a good place that has been missed so just in front of the eyes .. life is sometimes very strange, but it happens with its own ..
Buddhism has always fascinated me. I am from Europe but I felt always more connected to the buddhism ideology. Thank you for sharing ♥️
it is a wonderful monument to live.the photos are awesome..have a wonderful weekend @slowwalker
둥근 암석에 저렇게 부처를 새긴게 여간 힘든 작업이 아니었을텐데 말입니다.. 이런걸 보면 .. 정말 대단한 것 같습니다...
외국인 친구분이 더 잘알고계시다니..
정말 대단하십니다.. 저희나라에 좋은 인상으로 남아 있는것 같아서 너무 좋습니다. 저 또한 , 슬로우 워커님 글을 보면서 많은 것을 배우고 갑니다.. 토요일 잘 보내시길 바라겠습니다.^^
wonderful pictures !!!
Very beautiful, lots of lanterns hanging.
The buddha statue is also very similar to a beautiful face .. It takes great effort to sculpt it.
So beautiful :X
What a nice place! Someday i hope go and be able to take some photos! Have a great day, cheers!
Amazing that looking straight on facing the statue, the curve in the stone is not noticable at all. Not until the side view did I see the shape of the rock. Very cool.
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Your posts are like a window inside a culture that is kind of foreign to me and I love it!
Good job, I love reports of this type, they are the maximum, the presentation, description and the unbeatable photos, I congratulate you, THANK YOU for sharing!
Hi @slowwalker. Thank you so much for sharing your new experiences in Korea with us. I truly enjoy looking at your photos and remembering Korea. The colors in this temple's architecture is so beautiful. I am always intrigued by the detail in Korean traditional architecture, as you so beautifully photographed in your first and fourth picture.
In the second to last picture, the lady praying on the left, reminded me so much of a beautiful 선생님 I co-taught with in Daegu. I respected her so much. Whenever we went hiking, her clothing resembled the 아줌마 on the right - typical Korean hiking attire! :)
The angle of your third picture gives us perspective of the skill and craftsmanship that went into this stunning relief. Thank you for giving us that angle so we can appreciate it even more.
Please keep on sharing Korea with us!
So Cool Photography~!
Very nice photo's bro. I can learn a lot from you!
Pretty fast for a slow walker 😂😂😂
Infact a very inspiring photo collector
I see what you do, I'm inspired too
Blessed life
Wow would be nice to see this in person one someday.
Korea looks a very interesting place rich of history and ancient wisdom. The last picture is very intriguing. Do I also see a Lion figurine along with the Diety. The figure looks like one of the Three Wise Man.
바위에 섬세하게 조각한게 신기하네요.~^^
아름다운 부처님조각 멋있네요.
잘보았어요.
i love the place very traditional..always follow your post..
nice post!!