Comments on: About Korea’s Cultural Property Category Ratings http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/12/about-koreas-cultural-property-category-ratings/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:30:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Zonath http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/12/about-koreas-cultural-property-category-ratings/#comment-134353 Zonath Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:21:33 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/12/about-koreas-cultural-property-category-ratings/#comment-134353 <blockquote>Bulguk-sa, meanwhile, is not even in the top 16, because (I presume) it’s got fire prevention systems out the ying-yang.</blockquote> Or perhaps because most of the wooden structures in Bulguksa are of much more recent vintage than the rest of the top-16 list, whereas the rest of the top-16 seem to contain some of the oldest and most valuable wooden properties in Korea (Haeinsa tops the list, not surprisingly...)

Bulguk-sa, meanwhile, is not even in the top 16, because (I presume) it’s got fire prevention systems out the ying-yang.

Or perhaps because most of the wooden structures in Bulguksa are of much more recent vintage than the rest of the top-16 list, whereas the rest of the top-16 seem to contain some of the oldest and most valuable wooden properties in Korea (Haeinsa tops the list, not surprisingly…)

]]> By: frederick http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/12/about-koreas-cultural-property-category-ratings/#comment-134317 frederick Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:24:09 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/12/about-koreas-cultural-property-category-ratings/#comment-134317 Wow, if I'm not mistaken, Gyeongbokgung is only worth 15.2 million dollars, give or take? Or perhaps my judgment is skewed. If Dongdaemun is around 868.1 thousand dollars, it's as expensive as an average one-family house here in America. Wow, if I’m not mistaken, Gyeongbokgung is only worth 15.2 million dollars, give or take? Or perhaps my judgment is skewed. If Dongdaemun is around 868.1 thousand dollars, it’s as expensive as an average one-family house here in America.

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