#goryeo

Last Monday after attending a Mental Health Awareness seminar, I and my workmates slash close friends went out for dinner somewhere near my place, to also have some sort of catching up over food as for

The Buddhist Instruments for religious ceremony were displayed. Most of those instruments were made with silver. I don’t know where those instruments were used in the ceremony. Those instruments were very

The most of the relics in Goryeo dynasty displayed in the exhibition was relating to Buddhism. Buddhism was the core of people’s life in Goryeo Dynasty. When Goryeo kingdom was attacked by Mongolian Army,

One thing impressive in the exhibition was small sculptures. There were various appearances of small buddha sculptures in the exhibition. It seemed that those small sculptures were made for carrying and

The one of the most famous art works in Goryeo dynasty could be said the paintings on Merciful Goddess drawn in the way of drawing the moon reflected on the Water. The one of the important Buddhist theory

There was a room where Buddha statues made in Goryeo dynasty were gathered. As I explained, Goryeo dynasty was founded on the basis of Buddhism. At that time, Buddhism was a kind of ideology unifying Korean

I could see some buddhist drawings which seemed to be influence from the culture of Christianity. The drawings were founded on the area of Don Whang which was located on the silk road. When this painting

Goryeo was a country of Buddhism. She was founded on the basis of Buddhist belief. So I could see many Buddha sculptures there, among them I’d like to show the 1000 hands merciful goddess of Buddhism Actually

In this post, I’d like to introduce the famous celadon porcelain of Goryeo dynasty. Like the silver wares I introduced in the previous day, the celadon porcelains exhibited were brought from abroad. So

As passing through the first room, I could see the marvelous seen in the next place. Various wares were displayed. Most of them were sent from USA and the British Museum. So it meant that if I missed this

What attracted my attention was a textile sculpture of a great monk during founding a dynasty. A monk, his name was Huirang, helped King Wang Geon in the process of building a dynasty. After the great

There was the Goryeo dynasty exhibition in Korean National Museum. It was not an easy chance to see such many relics of Goryeo dynasty in one place like this exhibition. USA, GB and France helped for this