Monday 20 October 2008

Geumsansa - Buddhist Monastary of the Golden Mountain

Geumsansa - Buddhist Monastary of the Golden Mountain

Wooden Gate near Geumsansa



Geumsansa Complex


One of the four gates leading to Geumsansa

healing moutain water...


and erm... healing lemonade??

(By the way, I don't know what a Pocari is but I don't think I want to drink its sweat :-S. First I thought it was a misspelling of "sweet" but in fact the Korean transcription also reads like "sweat" not like "sweet"...)

Buddhist bell


huge Buddhas



dawn, a stupa, and one of Korea's National Treasures, namely n?25 (Geumsansa 5cheung seoktap)

beautiful traditional roof




National treasure no.62, Geumsansa Mireukjeon


the Great Hall from the outside...


... and the inside


another house

Labels: Buddhist, Temple

Posted by mer-q-ree at 14:54