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Spring 1999 Korea

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popchusa.htmlThe Stone Lotus Tub

popchusa.htmlbuddha seated in a chair this 6m high relief sculpture is of Maitreya,the buddha of the future.the round gentle face, the long nose and ears the circles around the neck the broad shoulders and the narrow waist are all typical of buddhist works ofthe early koryo period.the scupture is quite rare however in that the buddha is seated in a chair.

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popchusa.htmlbohisattva this is an image of a bodhisattva who so longed to attain buddhahod that he would burn his body and bones as an offering to the Amitabha Buddha.The rice like container on top of thehead is an offering to the buddha the face is so damaged that it is barely discernable.The sculpturing of the robe the skirt and the knotted tie string is rather crude .The whole figure looks weighted down by the great offering.
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popchusa.htmlOne of the three largest buddhist shrines in Korea this double stry hall called taeungbojon(hall)was built when the temple was founded in 553 during the reign of chinhung-wang 540 576 of the shilla kingdom 57 b.c-a.d.935. According to historic records, it was renovated by Priest Chinp'yo-yulsa in 776 and again by Zen Priest Pyogam-sonsa in 1624.

P'ungnamun-Chonju's Old City Gate,Kumsansa Temple and The Chonju National Museum
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