Decoration and Drawings inside of Bokwangjeon in Sung Lim Sa Temple, Iksan City
They carved the dragon using the end of Beams and the trusts of Bokwangjeon building. As I posted before, the dragon carving could be interpreted as the hope and the wish for preventing fire. It meant that this hall was fired during the Japanese Invasion 1592-1599.
The fire was thought of as the curse of the devil. So they made the dragon looked dread for the devil to run away.
The dragon looked so realistic and vivid.
It was not a good condition for photographing inside the hall. I needed to open the lens for a long time, so it was not easy to get a clear vision. The tripod was not allowed in the hall.
One thing interesting was drawings on the wall and the ceiling. It looked like dragons and phoenixes on the wall. But I could not identify exactly what those drawings were
On the lower part of the window, the face of traditional god which was called Dokkabi was painted to drive out the devil of the fire
Bokwangjeon hall in Sung Limsa was very unique in its architectural style. In my view, the original building must've been built in Goryeo dynasty in the consideration of the way of setting up this hall on the high place.
good pics
Beautiful dragon!
And I don't think there'll be fire.^^
@slowwalker,
Those are much similar to temple sculptures at my country with dragons at the front door! Nice photography and this is a good proof how buddhism linked the world / countries and believes!
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Dragon to protect Devils....
Really the dragons are looking real.
It is interesting that in old time people like to decorate the ceilings with amazing drawing and paintings luckily many of those works survive many years and we could see them. You are right the dragon looks furious, I can imagine that people thought that it might protect their temple and homes :)