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Ssang Gyeo Sa was very special on the decoration and ornament inside of the Daw Woong Jean, main praying room for Buddha.
Especially the pillars of the main building were impressive. The pillars were bent and crooked. It was amazing to me how these crooked pillars could sustain the weight of the roof. The roof of the traditional building was very heavy. Normally it looked like that it would be impossible to hold up the roof with these crooked pillars for several hundred years.
I was wondered that there was any enigma which couldn’t be explained in science.
Was there any irony that the crooked pillars could receive the weight of the roof better than straight pillars ?
Let’s see the pillars at first
Even main pillars of this building were crooked.
But this zigzag pillars made me feel natural beauty.
The crossbeam of this building was so marvelous for me.
The crossbeam of traditional Korean architectures was bent in many cases.
So bent crossbeam was not surprising, but the dragons above the crossbeam was exceptional.
I never had seen this kind of dragons in other temples.
The dragon was described realistically. The face of dragon was expressed with humor and wit.
It seemed that the dragons on the sky was looking down and protecting people who was praying in the room.
Last thing I thought special in this room was the patterns of ceiling.
Usually the patterns of ceiling were the lotus. The pattern of this temple was also the lotus.
But style was different from others.
These differences looked very unique compare to other temple.
It looks like minor, but this small differences implied so many things in development of Buddhist Art.
many lovely photos today, @slowwalker, inside the prayer room of Daw Woong Jean.
It's not unusual to have rough-hewn timbers which are often bent or slightly misshaped - the builders would simply cover the defects with paint and ornamentation.
The lotus and the dragons are not unexpected here, but provide a comforting atmosphere for the worshippers.
We are so used to modern building practices with the insistence on symmetrically machined beams and supports, but the ancients often made do with what was at hand.
In a way, the rough work of the structure allowed the artists to paint such colourful decorations which your photos skillfully display.
Good work, my friend.
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Beautiful sight, are these for real or just work of art.
of course, real
I really enjoyed this post. The photo's were great!!
The old temple is awesome. Seeing the history from centuries ago, amazing!!
The dragons, now what is it with the dragons? Were they real at one time?
If not, why would they draw them. Very interesting. And interesting culture as well.
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wow.. The patterns of this temple is really amazing. There seems to be some differences in patterns between the patterns of your posting today and those of your last posting. They gave me different feeling. I really enjoyed the colors and decorations of this temple.
Some very fine and intricate detail in this decor, nice photos!
thank you so much
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Woow.. very beautiful artwork @slowwalker
I am korean. But i've never seen that kind of dragon before. Amazing!! Thanks for sharing nice pictures.
It is amazing to see how these pillars could support this heavy weight of the roof mate and for all these years! But anyway there must surely be a reason for them to use this type of bent trunk. Lovely design as usual in the temples man!
I think the bent pillar is because the intelligence of the people first in designing the building, especially the temple building of the main building of Ssang Gyeo sa, it must be for the calculation to avoid damage from the earthquake. And the pattern of the ceiling is beautiful with lotus art, the development of culture and art of Buddha is amazing and beautiful..
one in a million !
incredible images, I love details
such beautiful architecture! a really great post!
amaging , great
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STOPThe architecture of the building is very impressive, I really like the style of the ancient and very charismatic, thank you for sharing @ slowwalker
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Dragons are wealth savers. Impressively works art in the temple, it's the work of geniuses, not ordinary people.
Dragons are wealth savers. Impressively works art in the temple, it's the work of geniuses, not ordinary people.
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Ssang Gyeo Sa is amazing.
Pillar made me feel natural beauty.
Nice post.
Hi, I dreamed my avatar into this. It's amazing.
wohaa that's so interesting and fascinating to watch :)
Amazing! How old is the temple?
nice photos bro, i vote u :)
Very nice post keep it up
Very nice post keep it up
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Simply amazing and magical place, @slowwalker!
The film is a beautiful silhouette. She has a lot of heritage. There are so many biscuits in the picture. The work of its color is also very beautiful.
thanx@ slowwalker for post this picture
you have captured very beautiful and nice pics. keep it up
This....this is absolutely beautiful ! Seriously ! Thanks for showing us those photos... And it's kinda funny too, how crooked pillars can support things better than straight ones. It's like a metaphor for life in a way.
Your life can get a little weird and can bend you out of shape, but it doesn't mean that you won't be able to shoulder everything !
Beautiful photos ! and love the way of your description. keep posting this type of post.
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I feel that this shows a Daoist influence. Expressing harmonizing with nature, allowing the naturalness of elements to be preserved.
The photos are intriguing. I wish that you had possessed a better camera and lens so that we could see more detail!
wow! where is it?
great bro
wow.. this looks so beautiful :)
Mind blowing architecture !
Beautiful !! Upvoted !!
Buddhist art work is superb .