Korea Finder #52

• Mark
  9:03 pm on September 13th, 2007 1

  It’s a Buddhist temple in Korea.

• GI Korea
  9:46 pm on September 13th, 2007 2

  Well that’s a start. Notice it is a small temple on top of a mountain.

• Mark
  11:11 pm on September 13th, 2007 3

  Is it the older part of Bulguksa, Gyeongju?

• Ut videam
  11:20 pm on September 13th, 2007 4

  I’ll take a stab at it… Myohyang-am Temple on Banya-bong (Peak) of Jiri-san, recently visired by the Kiwi trekkers of the Baekdu-daegan Expedition?

• Ut videam
  11:21 pm on September 13th, 2007 5

  Make that “visited,” d’oh!

• GI Korea
  8:56 am on September 14th, 2007 6

  Mark is the closest so far though good guess by Ut videam though. I may have to try and find that temple on Google Earth sometime in the future.

• CPT KIM
  10:52 am on September 14th, 2007 7

  Its too small to be Heinsa.

• kcbill06
  11:11 am on September 14th, 2007 8

  Is it Baek Dam Sa at Sorak Mountain?

• Mark
  1:08 pm on September 14th, 2007 9

  Seokbulsa, Tohamsan, Gyeongju.

• GI Korea
  3:47 pm on September 14th, 2007 10

  Mark is still the closest on identifying the temple.

• Mark
  5:22 pm on September 14th, 2007 11

  Jangsusa.

• ChickenHead
  6:09 pm on September 14th, 2007 12

  Seokkuram near Kyongju.

  35″47′42.67N, 129″21′01.46E

  I’ll take that point.

  Now, I kinda regret not answering any of the other ones this year.

  J!

• GI Korea
  8:01 pm on September 14th, 2007 13

  Chickenhead, got it. It is the Seokkuram Grotto which contains a famous statue of the Buddha that is considered part of the World Heritage area in Gyeongju. It is located on a hill just above Bulguksa Temple in Gyeongju. Mark nearly got it.

• Ut videam
  8:35 pm on September 14th, 2007 14

  I realized I was wrong when I checked out Banya-bong on Google Earth. The resolution of the imagery for that area isn’t high enough.

• Mark
  9:16 pm on September 14th, 2007 15

  Not to quibble, but which building is the grotto entrance?

• GI Korea
  7:16 am on September 15th, 2007 16

  It has been seven years since I went there but I believe the Buddha was in the building towards the top of the hill.

 

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