Stone Lantern Monument in front of Gakwhang-jeon Hall of Whaeom-sa Temple

in #travel5 years ago

There were 2 extraordinary stone monuments in front of Gakwhan-jeon hall.

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In this posting, I’d like to show you the stone lantern.
It seems the biggest stone lantern in Korean Buddhist temple.

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It seemed to be made in Goryeo dynasty.
This stone lantern was not so good balanced with the body and the head part like other Goryeo dynasty’s stone works.
It is a mystery why Goryeo dynasty’s stone lanterns were not so well balanced.

One characteristic of this lantern was the body was round shape.
I don’t know the reason why, but it was not easy to see the round shape body stone lantern.
In my opinion, it looked like not easy to make round shape than the angled edge shape.

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Thank you for reading.

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@slowwalker,
Photography #1 looks classy and really wonderful! Moreover, this stone lantern seems different than others that you share us before!

Cheers~

Excellent post .... And..... Wonderful photography...my dear friend @slowwalker

@slowwalker, Wow....Both big stone lanterns adorable in front of Gakwhan-jeon hall. There has fascinating designs. That's amazing creativity of Goryeo dynasty. They carved round shape included whole lantern amazingly. Surrounding background area superior for eye visualization. Well explained and perfect photo clicks.

Nice pics! Loved the temple, and the stone lantern is truly something else. Great one!

the stone lantern looks really big. do they actually light it up ?

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Great lantern. Particularly striking is the beauty of the rear view in the second photo.

Hello, it is a photograph incredible. Greetings.

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That is really sizeable stone lantern, seeing it in front of Gakwhang-jeon Hall of Whaeom-sa Temple I am wondering if it was there from the beginning when it was built or was it placed lately, it is a pity that there is no people around it would be great to see when you have a figure you can approximately assess the size of it. As usually much attention is paid to the stone carving, beautiful creation :)

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