The Destroyed Stone Monument in the Ruined Place of Go Dal Sa Temple, Korea
The stone could survive through the tough process of history as usual, but not all stones.
Only the small amount of stone monument could walk through the trials of the time.
In the ruined Go Dal Sa temple place, I could see 2 stone monuments for the great monks,
But only the of the owner was identified, the other monument was uncertain who was its owner.
I posted the first monument known its owner in previous posting.
I’d like to post the destroyed monument in this posting.
As turning to the left from the first monument, there laid a destroyed monument.
Interestingly a dog stood on the bottom of the monument.
Actually what I could see was the bottom of the monument, other parts were missing elsewhere.
The most important part on the monument must be the body, because we could know the story when it comes to the monument. So if the body part was missing, we could know nothing on it.
We could only conjecture on it with other parts of the monument. In this case only one part left was the bottom part.
As getting closer, I was surprised by the artistic craftsmanship.
The most regrettable thing was the head of the turtle was missing.
In my guess, this turtle part seemed older than the first one.
The description of the turtle looked simple, but much more elegant in my view.
The owner of the second monument could be more famous than that of the first one according to the location of the monument.
The distance was not far from each other, but the altitude of the second one was higher than the first. In Korean traditional society, the location was so important. Later generation could not make the monument in higher place to the former generation or Master.
To our regret, the story relating to the monument was not known, but the owner of the second might’ve been praised with his spiritual enlightenment.
Wow..In thisis stone so good old art desing.Its looking really so unique.Because in stone we didn't see so much like that...Also in first piture this dog also looking cute. Its your sir.
Any way Thank you so much for sharing your brilliant work...
Have a nicee day..@slowwalker
Great post, You a great person.
You are very observant to see objects and capture them in photos. Then you can analyze the debris of this bark and be well described. This is a form of attention that is not shared by everyone. We all got better enlightenment.
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I wish these ruins were not destroyed by Relic Hunters! In my country most of relics and this type of stone crafts were destroyed by them! I think this happened due to previous wars and invasions! Anyway it's a good article and very descriptive!
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What does the ruins speak to me....that nothing last forever... They say the very Earth will not last but maybe another 5 billion years...Maybe it should be said nothing physical nothing lasts forever.
What a shame to have these monuments destroyed by people or the elements. I can forgive the elements much quicker than the people. Perhaps jealousy of the higher location and importance?
We will never know.
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@slowwalker, I read carefully your post and think it has most longest history of Go Dal Sa Temple. Those two stone monuments carved Turtle sign and I knew what's meaning from previous post. Most interesting thing is the dog stood on monument. Yep only we can see bottom of the ruined monument. Others destroyed also. Unfortunately I couldn't see like you. Also couldn't hear who were owner. Looked very closely seems very amazing crafting. Turtle's leg fingers craved amazingly. Your explanation best for take some idea about ruined turtle monument there.
Surprised me to see that the stone monument could survive so long really, I really do not know how long, but my goodness, it's one the most amazing craftsmanship of the old times, so sad to see the head is missing, could've been a wonderful piece to look at, wow awesome shots
Looks like turtle island. The turtle carrying the earth on its back. A worldwide mythology
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That dog looked like he was guarding the monument. Very cool. I wonder if he knew something we don't. :-)
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It is amazing how stones survive the the history, recording the lives of different generations from the ancient time until the modern age. And some of them would still stay a mystery and nobody can really know who build them or where they came from. It will remain a big mystery until something happens to tell us the real hidden history.