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  1. Dangganjiju is a pair of stone bases to hold banner poles used for special occasions in a temple. Located on the southeastern part of Gapsa Temple, these poles are the only ones made in the Unified Silla Period.The base decorated with the cloud design on all four sides is designed to hold the iron poles, which were mad...

  2. This was a Japanese-styled wooden tile-roofed house, built in 1931, the construction materials of which were brought from Japan. This is regarded to be the only Japanese-styled temple in Korea. This shows the character of the times of Edo of Japan. It still retains its original form. After 1945 liberation, the inner sp...

  3. Changdeokgung, a palace for the Joseon Dynasty, was built in the 5th year of King Taejong (1405). It was likely to be built as a detached palace, since Gyeongbokgung Palace was serving as a main hall, along with Jongmyo and Sajik in that period. It had been burnt down numerous times, but it was able to generally remain...

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  4. Soswaewon Garden, or the Garden of Pure Mind, epitomizes the literati gardens of the mid-Joseon Dynasty. Nature and manmade elements are smartly harmonized in this woodland garden embodying the upright mind and restrained aestheticism of ancient Korean scholars. Yang San-bo (1503-1557), a young scholar born in Damyan...

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  5. Maehyang is the rite of planting a juniper or burning incense in order to worship the god of the heaven and the earth. Maehyangbi is the monument to record the procedure and host of the rite. Since the natural stone was used without any modification, the monument is rough. The sizes of the letter are not consistent and...

  6. Tongdosa Temple is one of the three great temples in Korea. Daeungjeon is originally for preserving Bodhisattva, but Daeungjeon in Tongdosa Temple through the Geumgang Ordination Platform behind the building preserves the sarira of Buddha. The name 'tongdo' means one that cultivated the religious sense through the st...

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  7. Tongdosa Temple is one of the three great temples in Korea. Daeungjeon is originally for preserving Bodhisattva, but Daeungjeon in Tongdosa Temple through the Geumgang Ordination Platform behind the building preserves the sarira of Buddha. The name 'tongdo' means one that cultivated the religious sense through the stai...

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  8. As the cave temple made in the early Unified Silla at the natural cave in Palgongsan Mountain in Gunwi-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, it is older than the artificially made Seokguram in Gyeongju. Here, the Buddha Triad made around the 700 is enshrined. The Principal Buddha statue in the center is 2.18m, the Bodhisattva statue ...

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  9. Located on northern castle turret in Banwolseong Fortress in Gyeongju, this structure was used to store ice in the Joseon Dynasty. There is a record on the stone monument and the lintel stone that it was built by Jo Myeong-gyeom who made it of stone instead of wood in 1738, in the 14th year of King Yeongjo and four ye...

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  10. Located on northern castle turret in Banwolseong Fortress in Gyeongju, this structure was used to store ice in the Joseon Dynasty. There is a record on the stone monument and the lintel stone that it was built by Jo Myeong-gyeom who made it of stone instead of wood in 1738, in the 14th year of King Yeongjo and four yea...

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