The Marble Pagoda in front of Geuk Lak Bo Jeon Hall of Sin Reuk Sa Temple, Korea
It was a rare case to see the pagoda made up of the marble.
Unlike Italia and Greece, the marbles are very rare material in Korea.
The main material in Korea was the granite.
In this temple, It was a great and unexpected thing for me to see the marble pagoda.
As soon as finding out this marble pagoda, I got to there with close.
There were several carvings on the body part of the pagoda, but it was not easy to identify what those carvings tried to show.
Apparently, the problem was the erosion by the wind and the rain.
The marbles were easy to carve, but it must be protected from the wind and the rainfall.
Especially the acid rain in nowadays seemed to make this phenomena worse.
This marble pagoda seemed to me made in late Shilla or early Goryeo dynasty according to the explanation board.
But in my guess, this pagoda would be made in middle or late Goryeo dynasty.
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A marble pagoda is certainly rare and unexpected, @slowwalker.
The stone is durable enough to last but not impermeable to erosion.
It makes me think that the vestiges or traces of human history are bound to be characterized by gaps and obscured by the effects of weather - that's what makes the ruins that survive much more precious.
Perhaps our whole chronology of human civilization is flawed by the fact that nothing endures beyond a certain point and we measure our history in thousands of years when it may be much more ancient than we can measure... and that's what stimulates our sense of wonder.
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It seems the weather plays an important role in the preservating of ancient history, just like that pagoda, it's such a beautiful marble piece, that must be protected from the weather, beautifully taken shots
Hey there Mr Walker! Man, reading the title of this blog post made me feel like I was suddenly fluent in Korean! Haha. Very cool place as always. I love seeing you write about the different dynasties of Korea's past. Amazing how far back the culture and history goes. Also I just wanted to stop by and thank you for supporting my efforts here on steemit. You are a great steemit team player. We need more like you. I'm now posting more stuff from Thailand, including a great tour video around the Pai area. You may be interested. Hope you are having a great day! -Dan
I find it interesting that they have a stone pagoda and a marble one. I am not sure of the age of the stone one, but, must be not as old. It seemed in better condition.
Acid rain is devastating on architectural features. Our precious history is being erased by it.
May there be a peaceful day ahead.
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@slowwalker, Yep it's rarely see marble pagoda in front of Geuk Lak Bo Jeon Hall of Sin Reuk Sa Temple. Very closely pagoda's seems different kind of animals designs. Dragons clearly showing. However thanks for showing various kind of pagoda design to steemians. Great photo shots indeed.
Tried to figure out what was actually carved, the first thing that came in mind - dragon. Obviously it's not possible but I would like to see some of this on ancient stones :)
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This is all sobeautiful.It seems like paradise on earth.
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That would be a serpant of some sort. I'm suprised the authorities don't enclose it in glass or at least put a roof over it. It's definitely rare to see something original like that