Comments on: Temple of the Golden Mountain

By: CHA Chief You Hong-june Tenders Resignation and Protection Vs. Openess | The Marmot's Hole

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:43:40 +0000

[...] That’s on the wall of this building, Geumsan-sa’s Mireukjeon Hall, the only three-story wood building left in Korea and National Treasure No. 62. I guess it really can’t complain, though — it’s faired a lot better than the Main Hall, which was a National Treasure before it was burnt down in the 90s in a suspected case of Christian-inspired arson. [...]

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:26:40 +0000

Thanks SHPD… but i can’t find any such on my 1:50,000 maps. Is it that flat area in Maehwa-ri of Seoshin-myeon of Hwaseong-shi…?

Seems strange that no temple was ever built there. Well…

By: SHPD

SHPD — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:18:54 +0000

#2 sanshinseon
danjugye ; dangsung or danghangsung is located in hwasung city in gyunggi province.

By: mateomiguel

mateomiguel — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:51:58 +0000

aww, the vandalism of LUV!

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:48:57 +0000

Oh, just noticed that Robert beat me to it…

And, as Sperwer noted, thanks for the unintended laugh, dlatn!

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:46:56 +0000

> 9. SomeguyinKorea
> You know who the usual suspects are when it comes to the
> vandalism and destruction of Buddhist temples in Korea.

WHAT, you mean Mongols and Japanese carved all that grafitti???

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:16:22 +0000

Oh, don’t be so coy. You know who the usual suspects are when it comes to the vandalism and destruction of Buddhist temples in Korea.

Yeah, except this wasn’t that kind of vandalism. It was more of the “Cheol-su — HEART — Young-hee” kind. And a lot of it. Which is why the sign was put at the bottom.

By: Sperwer

Sperwer — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:16:14 +0000

LOL, I’m obviously html illiterate; but at least I don’t have any delusions about the glass house in which reside.

By: Sperwer

Sperwer — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:13:50 +0000

you might need to cut the posts buy [sic]the illiterate

By: sewing

sewing — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:09:37 +0000

Robert: Fantastic stuff as always. I’m running out of superlatives….

As an utterly unrelated trivia note, “Gold Mountain” (金山) was the name given by early Chinese settlers to North America, the name presumably stemming from the California Gold Rush, reinforced in later years by the gold rushes in BC and the Yukon.