Stone Statues in front of The Museum in Tongdo-sa Temple.
There was a Buddhist museum when we crossed the cloud like bridge over the stream.
The museum looked great, and there were so many stone relics in front of the museum.
Unlike other temples, the relics exhibited outside of the temple were the sculptures relating to time.
In oriental ancient Asia, there were 12 time lines in one day. As you know, each time line has its symbolic animal.
There were those animals relating to time line.
There were the stone Haetae on the steps to the museum. Haetae was the imaginary animal in myth of China. Originally this animal meant the law and the Justice in China, but in Korea people believed that those Haetae statue would prevent the fire accident. The meaning of Haetae had been changed in Korea like as the meaning of the dragon.
Near the Haetae stone statues, there were pieces of the stone pagodas.
It was regrettable that taking a photo in the museum was not permitted to protect the relics. There were lots of interesting relics in the museum. If you visit this temple, you need to drop by.
It is just sad that they weren't gracious enough to permit photo taking inside the museum but I bet that there are many interesting artifacts they show therein. But it is fun to see many Hetae around the museum and its surroundings is so relaxing too. @slowwalker
Yes, there were something interesting inside.
lovely pix
@slowwalker,
I am little bit surprised by seen these relics! Coz we called them as "MURAGALA" and "SINHA RUPA" (The Lion) which is protecting temple from it's entrance!
We both countries got that same believes! It's pretty amazing! Great photography and looking forward to see more great histories!
Cheers~
Beomeo-sa Temple is located on the eastern slope of Geumjeong-san, near the city of Busan. Built during the reign of King Munmu. Chrámům is one of the largest in the southeastern part of Korea, together with the Haein and Tongdo-sa temples. The main building is called Daeung-Jeon. The complex is three famous stone temples. The Beomeo-dated front door from 1614, was built in 1781.
@slowwalker nim great info!
I have to admit I laughed when I saw the name of the place
"Tong-do" do stands for island? Tong is .. I'm loling again kkkkkkkkkkkkk ^ __ ^
hahaha
Interesting interpretations.
kundeh ... majo yeo?
tong - do .. nemeseh? kkkkkkkkk ^ __ ^
Hello @slowwalker, Absolutely brilliant location for visit and study more about Korean cultures from The Museum in Tongdo-sa Temple. There are so many amazing & unique designs indeed stone statues. Stairs also seemed stronger looks.
Stone Haetae is unbelievable and looks mysterious animal statue. I never seen before like these stone design.
There are some different meaning believed both cultures. You tried lot for showing us, relics inside museum. Unfortunately not permitted. It's ok . Thanks for your priceless effort.
Thank you for reading
Very beautiful photos. Especially liked the penultimate photo, it's gorgeous.
Every picture is taken wisely. All the pictures of statues looking wonderful .
Thanks for sharing with us.
Picture perfect. Every picture contain so much detail in it.
These are mythical animals I suppose.
Yes, they are