Wednesday, November 19, 2008

窓 Wooden Window with Pattern, Sangwonsa Temple Odaesan Mountain Jinbu Korea 2006

2 comments:

Janice Thomson said...

I'm guessing each design has a symbolic meaning? I love the lotus at the bottom of the ornate panels - beautiful.

Peter said...

Yes all has the meaning related to Buddism. And the number of patterns of the window spoke might be more than 50. And only artisans can make and paint the patterns. Specifically the temple you see is more than 1,000 years old. In Korea we have many temples of couple of thousands years old.