SeokGuRam is statue of Buddha which shows religious belief, brilliant architectural beauty, and excellent sculpture method of Silla (Silla is one of dynasties in Korea from 57 B.C. to 935 A.D.) people. What's different with statue of Buddha in China and India is that Silla people made artificial cave made with granite using arch method and covered the artificial cave with soil where as most statue of Buddha in China and India are put in natural caves.
2. DaeReungWon Ancient Tombs (대릉원지구) [UNESCO World Heritage]
DaeReungWon Ancient Tombs is composed of 23 huge ancient royal tombs of Silla dynasty in 12.5 hectare (31 acre). As like pyramids in Egypt, DaeReungWon Ancient Tombs has high archaeological value because of relics inside of the ancient tombs.
3. SungNyeMun Gate (숭례문)
SungNyeMun Gate was the south end gate of Seoul Royal City. There were walls around Seoul City until 19th century. Therefore there were four gates around Seoul city but SungNyeMun Gate is the most well preserved gate in Seoul city. SungNyeMun Gate is personally my favorite Korean historical heritage in Seoul.
4. HaeDong YongGungSa Temple (해동용궁사)
HaeDong YongGungSa Temple is a temple in Busan. This is the world's closest temple from sea. HaeDong YongGungSa Temple is also one of temple for sacred place of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva which means that HaeDong YongGungSa Temple is one of the temple where the Buddhist goddess of mercy was believed to had visited. Besides the cultural and historical reasons, the harmonic view of sea and temple is spectacular.
5. HaeMiEupSeong Fortress (해미읍성)
HaeMiEupSeong Fortress is one of three ancient fortress of Joseon dynasty in Korea. HaeMiEupSeong Fortress is located in important location for defending Yellow sea (West sea of Korea). HaeMiEupSeong Fortress is also place where Catholic oppression was taken place in 1866. That's why Pope Francis visited HaeMiEupSeong Fortress during his visit to South Korea.
6. GyeongBokGung Palace (경복궁)
There are many Royal Palaces in Korea but GyeongBokGung Palace is undoubtedly the best one. GyeongBokGung Palace is more Korean than any other architectures in Korea. You can see the harmony between Modern architecture and Ancient architecture in GyeongBokGung Palace.
7. ChagDeokGung Palace & JongMyo Shrine(창덕궁 & 종묘) [UNESCO World Heritage]
ChangDeokGung Palace is the most environment friendly palace Joseon Dynasty built. Joseon Dynasty had emphasis on building architectures that are well cope with the nearby environment and ChangDeokGung Palace show this well. JongMyo Shrine is architecture for ancestral ritual formalities which is core value of Confucianism.
8. GangHwaDo Island Dolmen (강화도 고인돌) [UNESCO World Heritage]
GangHwaDo Island Dolmen which means dolmen is pre-historic tombs made with huge rocks. There are currently three dolmen sites :GangHwaDo Island, GoChang-gun, Hwasun-gun (강화도, 고창, 화순) in Korea. It is unprecedented to have such diverse formation and high density of dolmens around the world.
For more information : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen#Korea
9. National Museum of Korea (국립중앙박물관)
If you want to know 5000 years of history of Korea, then visit National Museum of Korea. You can see from prehistoric artifacts to Modern antiquity.
See more on: https://genesisjung.blogspot.kr/2017/05/korea-tourist-attraction-seoul-part-2.html
10. HapCheon HaeInSa Temple JangGyeong PanJeon, The Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks (합천 해인사 장경판전) [UNESCO World Heritage]
HapCheon HaeInSa Temple is temple made for preserving the Tripitaka Koreana. The Tripitaka Koreana is the complete collection of Buddhist scriptures carved on over eighty thousand woodblocks. This temple and the Tripitaka Koreana are so well preserved that you can not pass it through without surprising. One of the reason why those woodblocks are so well preserved for over 400 years is great air circulation system in the temple.
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