Bulguksa Temple in South Korea
July 16th, 2010 | 
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Bulguksa Temple and the Cave Seokguram were built during the period of 23 years beginning in the year 751 during the Silla Kingdom by Prime Minister Kim Dae-seong (701-774). Kim mentioned that a child born again as prime minister since he is a pious son of a poor widow. He himself became prime minister and retired from office in 750 years to oversee the development Bulguksa established to honor the parents of Seokguram current life and to honor the parents of the previous life. Built on a series of stone terraces, Bulguksa merge into one entity organic with rocky plains at the foot of a wooded hill Tohamsan.
This shrine became a place for Seokgatap (Pagoda of the Historical Buddha statue) and Dabotap (Pagoda of Charitable Gift Annuities A surprising number), and Cheongungyo (Blue Cloud Bridge), Baegungyo (White Cloud Bridge) and Chillbogyo (Seven Bridges Treasure) – three steps, called a bridge because symbolically as liaison between the secular world with the spiritual world of Buddhism.
There are a lot of cultural heritage within and outside the ground floor of the temple, including the statue – bronze statue of Buddha with a luminous layer. That dominates the page Daeungjeon (Main Hall) are two of the most beautiful pagodas in Korea Seokgatap the height of 8.3 meters and 10.5 meters high Dabotap with built about 756 years. Seokgatap main characteristic is that the pagoda has a simplicity that marks the nature of but also the majesty of masculine nobility that became a symbol of the process increases towards a higher spiritual level that can be achieved through the teachings of Sakyamuni, while the highly decorative Dabotap have more feminine characteristics and symbolizes the complexity of the world.
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