Korea - Panoramic

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'Flying Horse' tomb (cheonmachong) open for display; school trippers season in full swing, Kyongju - Guven Witteveen (35kb) Academy for the study and performance of Confucian rites, Kaesong, DPRK - Guven Witteveen (66kb) Bunhwang-sa compound seen looking west, northwest; ancient well and worship hall at right - Guven Witteveen (34kb) Close-up at Haeinsa parking area adjacent to temple grounds - Guven Witteveen (43kb)
Crime scene for 1391 murder of Jeong Mongju, the Neo-Confucian scholar who refused to join Yi Seonggye at the founding of the Joseong dynasty, Kaesong, DPRK - Guven Witteveen (53kb) Founding Kyongju king's tomb, flanked by Queen; also kings 4, 5, 6 - Guven Witteveen (21kb) HwangYong-sa (temple remains, burned during Mongol wars, late 13c); tallest pagoda footings in foreground, Shilla palace now wooded in the background, right - Guven Witteveen (33kb) Looking east over the sea from atop Seonsaeng fort - Guven Witteveen (24kb)
Looking south and southwest (gate) atop the fort - Guven Witteveen (49kb) Lunch table set for 8, water at center, rice covered by metal lid, multiple dishes for communal feasting - Guven Witteveen (56kb) Oksan Confucian Academy, near Kyongju - Guven Witteveen (42kb) Outdoor market in central Cheongju, late afternoon - Guven Witteveen (32kb)
Pagoda at Bunhwang-sa (temple), Kyongju, about 3-5 km east of Shilla palace. Simulated bricks carved from stone - Guven Witteveen (60kb) Pakyeon waterfall, north-northwest of Kaesong. Rockface carved with names over the centuries. Traces of ice and packed snow - Guven Witteveen (71kb) Pulguk-sa (temple) begun 751 CE, burned down 1590s, rebuilt served by about 100 monks (SE of Kyongju) - Guven Witteveen (29kb) Pulguk-sa looking south from rear corner of main grounds (NW corner) - Guven Witteveen (44kb)
Pulguk-sa main hall and forecourt; Shilla period pagoda at right (world heritage) - Guven Witteveen (44kb) Road up (left) to the top of the Japanese fort - Guven Witteveen (39kb) Seonsaeng (Japanese 1592) fort - reconstructed entry to (3rd) innermost walls - Guven Witteveen (78kb) Souvenirs selection at Bunhwang-sa - Guven Witteveen (45kb)
Sunrise over Cheongju - Guven Witteveen (48kb) The House of Choi introduced by collateral descendent of this 12 generation local Kyongju family (1970 bequethed to Yongnam U. in Taegu) - Guven Witteveen (39kb) UNESCO world heritage site attached to the Pulguk temple Sokkuram stone Buddha grotto (stitched image doubles one man) - Guven Witteveen (65kb)