Unexpected Building In Songgwangsa Temple Of Suncheon, Korea

in #travel6 years ago

When I passed through a last gate to the temple, there were strange looking small traditional building. Those small buildings made me curious.

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Even though I have looked over more than 100 temples in Korea, it was the first time for me to look at those buildings.

As I got to there closer, the introductory standing board made me surprise.
The purpose of those buildings was cleaning bodies when people die.

As you know, Buddhists have been cremating when people die.
Before cremating, they had been cleaning bodies in this building.

The left building was for cleaning woman’s body. It’s name was “Sae Wol Dang” meaning the house of cleaning moon. They used the moon as a metaphor for woman’s body.

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This buildings had been made in 19 century according to the board.

Near the last gate and at the end of the road, there was a large rock on which the names were carved.

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Maybe they tried their names to be remembered forever.
Why did they carve their names near the building of cleaning bodies ?

People whose names were carved in the rock were dead with the hope of not forgotten.
But nobody remember their name now.

I was standing near those architectures in a while thinking the meaning of human life.

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Sharp and clean view for home loan to live in privacy..

A great sense of pleasure and calmness enters our mind after watching these beautiful images. I am really impressed by these photography skills of yours. In India we have many caves where the Beautiful carvings of civilization is there on the walls.

I really want to visit India

I hope you will some day @slowwalker, nim.

Wow .. beautiful magical place
Amazing photos
Thank you for sharing with us your adventure‏..

First time I hear about something like this. I would love to discover that kind of places myself aswell. But your last thought made me think about meaning of human life too. Thats deep.

Thank you for your comment

r8 bro..hmm

I hope you had an optimistic answer to your question about the meaning of life. I had the same question, but I am very happy with my own answer. But everybody has to find his answer. cheers love your blogs.

It is always nice to have an optimistic way of life. I totally agree with you.

I am glad that you have decided to choose the optimistic way. it took me 24 years 😊

Looks like a monastery. Peaceful.

süper..

Muy buen post 😎

It's a natural platform for Korean building

Wow! Beautiful photography. 😍
Thanks @slowwalker for sharing this post.

It is very interesting I just published about the pyramids of Teotihuacan in Mexico. There was "La calzada de los muertos" (the road of the dead).

Oh!. Very beautiful I'm fall in love with these Image.I can't describe beauty by words because it's one type of feeling which every single people have. This picture is better than better. Perfect Click without any doubt.
Capturing nature in all its glory of own creativity. Travel photography is a genre of photography that may involve the documentation of an area's landscape, people, cultures, customs and history. You have a great theoretical knowledge and experience about to make good photography as well as creative perspectives. Your creative perspectives really impressed me. Because without creative perspectives it is not possible to capture this types of glamorous photography.

Thank you for your comment.

I love travel.thanks for travel history your post @slowwalker.sucses for you.always healthyx

Thank you as always

Our history has proven that they are advanced traditionally before the invention of machines. Those people never knew then that their names will be forgotten.

Great travel and blog bro.I’ll go to korea a day🖖

in my hometown Most of people die will be brought into the temple

photography is very good my friend. and thank you for sharing. and hopefully you are always in good health always. and I really need support from you my friend @slowwalker

That's traditional building looking very beautiful. I appreciate your traveling....

Awesome. What will truly make us memorable in this lifetime? This is a lifelong question

wow,great photography,,,keep it,,,, all the best...

Traveling is one of my hobbies and I hope to start my journey soon. It was really an intriguing journey you had and it explains a lot to me.
By the way there are beautiful artistic buildings up the South Korea and I’d love to visit there and take a selfie in there too

Thank you for comment

unique building, and very curious, Korean culture is amazing, success for you @slowwalker

man died leaving his memories, depending on what he left behind. whether the memories are good or bad.

OMG
I did not get your message not until I read it till the last word and I was "wow"
Life at times is not just carving your names on someone brain but your impact on others that, to you, are useless!
Thanks for this, I am really appreciative
Resteemed

It is very meaningful that they call woman body as moon. I think it is related with Astrology. Because in Astrology moon represents woman and sun represents man..

Always find the historic place and thank you for sharing it @slowwalker.

Woooowww oooo...nice .....
Thank you very much. ..... to provide such entertainment ..
love you ....
love you ....@slowwalker

Carving the names on the rocks will make them memorable forever, Thank you for providing information about this temple @slowwalker

Thank you

Nice to meet you sir :)

Good post freind

Wow great post @slowwalker! I always love your stuff and like seeing your travels and experiences. Thanks again for sharing with us :D

Another meaningful post...we do similar here!! The meaning of life...and I hope you find some of my market reports accurate!! thanks always..

very beautiful building,
extraordinary

very beautiful building,
extraordinary

Hi dear, please follow, I follow back and give votes thanks

This is a wrong approach to the community, learn how to share quality contents and in that way, u will get more followers!
Nice meeting you@alexandersan

Good, I like post.

very beautiful place

Korea has been on my bucketlist since 2005 and how come I am not there yet? Haaaist! This post makes me envy you! <3 #Someday!

Excilent Temple , all photography nice . Keep good work .

Your post is always different i follow your blog everytime , your post is so helpful . I always inspire of your post on my steem work . Thank you for sharing @slowwalker

Thank you for stopping by

which made me curious at the last gate of Buddhists.on the stone of your photograph with writing like a great Buddhist ancestral heritage.maybe the stone will be remembered forever. I love your blog and post your thanks for sharing your experience. if master (slowwalker) there is time to visit my blog.

thanks for travel history, I really like it

It's a very beautiful picture.You take a picture that is quite perfect.

religious travel and the atmosphere is very beautiful.
success is always for you.@slowwalker

By getting through the post was really affectionate while at the end if one thinks deeply it will even happen to us.One day we will be forgotten as well.

A deep breath.

Wooow amazing historicle post its look like

Wow stones design house its beautiful ...

This is amazing, mate. Didn't know there was some sort of cleaning involved, before crémation. Thanks for sharing

In life travelling is one of the best part which borden our outlook. Travelling meet us many beautiful things in the world.

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