| Gyeongju's Nam-san's famous Chilbul-am Seven Buddhas Rock on southern Geum-o-san |
| Still Under Construction |
Gyeongju Nam-san is listed as one of Korea's most
sacred places on Martin Gray's excellent Sacred
Sites of the World website, on this page about Korea.
For plenty of information and beautiful photos of the
world's holy pilgrimage destinations, get his excellent
new 275-page book:
Sacred Earth: Places of Peace and Power.
sacred places on Martin Gray's excellent Sacred
Sites of the World website, on this page about Korea.
For plenty of information and beautiful photos of the
world's holy pilgrimage destinations, get his excellent
new 275-page book:
Sacred Earth: Places of Peace and Power.
| Chilbul-am, the Seven Buddhas Rocks and Hermitage The main triad is Sokgamoni-bul [Sakyamuni Buddha, 563-483 BCE] flanked by standing Gwanse-eum-bosal [觀世音菩薩, Avalokitesvara the Bodhisattva of Compassion] on the left and Munsu-bosal [文殊菩薩, Manjusri the Bodhisattva of Wisdom] on the right. There is a 4-sided rock in front of it with a Buddha carved on each side; their identities are controversial. |
| Nam-san Shinseon-am, a separate devotional site with an excellent carving of Amita-bul [Amitabha the Buddha of Western Paradise], sort of a "bonus" to this already-amazing place, dramatically perched on the cliff right above Chilbul-am, offering a wonderful view towards Toham-san to the east. |
| Samseong-gak [Three Spirits Shrine] |
| Samseong paintings of the Samseong-gak |
excellent photos of this site from
the good January 2013 post on
Dale's Korean Temple Adventures
the good January 2013 post on
Dale's Korean Temple Adventures
| Shinseon-am, it's carving of Gwanse-eum-bosal and the view down of Chilbul-am's Samseong-gak's roof from it. |
