A Chinese Bell in Jeon Deung Sa in Gang Wha Do Island
I found an unexpected bell in the corner of the temple.
That was protected by the traditional style building.
The wooden carved sculpture attracted my attention. It looked like a folk cultural thing.
The bell was made in the period of the Chinese Song Dynasty.
It was recorded that this bell was confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Military for making their weapons. Japanese Army had taken by force lots of historical heritages in Korea and China during the Imperial Japanese era.
It was fortune that the bell was saved with the end of the Second WW.
A monk found the bell in the weapon factory in Korea and brought that bell in this temple.
What attracted me was the patterns on the bell.
The most interesting part was the 8 divination signs which were parts of the Great Absolute(Tai Chi)
Those each divination sign is told to have its specific meaning.
Those divination patterns on the bell seemed tell me the characteristics of the Chinese Buddhism.
It looked like that there was a same phenomenon in accepting Buddhism between Korea and China. They had mixed Buddhism with their traditional philosophy and the philosophy.
The historical heritage is a beautiful war booty. Still we try to get back some works of art stolen during the last war. A good movie, Monument Man told all this. Very interesting
Wow so much history on the bell between the Chinese Buddhism and Korean, I definitely sighted the bell pattern and obviously it's like some kind of encoded message, it was nice of you to move your camera up close, in other to really capture the pattern on the bell, wow awesome shot.
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@slowwalker, It's amazing to see Chinese bell corner of the Jeon Deung Sa temple made by Chinese Song Dynasty. It was well protected. Also The wooden carved sculptures most attractive for everyone. You captures has gorgeous looks. It would be more attention who're visited your blog post. The patterns of the bell surprising look. But no need to wonder coz Korean Buddhism architecture huge. These divination signs very close to China Buddhism and I agree with your explaining.
That carving looks primordial.
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This post make us know that there are many mixture between Buddhism and other culture . So there is a harmony as we hope in our life. Peaceful and live together in this world. Peace in the earth, peace in the heaven
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@slowwalker wow this is Amazing and this Bell has Quite a history to it. It is Really Beautiful and so amazing that it survived the Wars.............
GOOD POST. Ci fa capire benissimo con quanti religioni si confrontava il buddismo.
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Awesome post . Was very interesting . Thanks for sharing
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