Updated: Tue, 2006-09-19 23:02
Natural wood, quite a rarity in Korean temples. Usually what sets Korean temples apart from Japanese ones is that the former are painted to death, whereas the latter are painted once, in the year 1403, by a man with about six names, and then never ever maintained since then as all the paint flakes off.
Pity about the tourist, but what a lovely small-scale temple dancheong.
The byeoljihwa (the pictures in the middle) really give the meoricho (the end bits) something to contrast with. It also gives a bit of room for individual expression in what's otherwise a very systematic decorative style. In this case the individual expression is "what on earth made you choose that blue??"
This is in Gyeongbokgung and it's often photographed and it's a very standard, very peaceful palace dancheong.
Dancheong Photos
This page contains some fairly unsorted and disorganized photos of dancheong decoration in Korea.Photos
Natural wood, quite a rarity in Korean temples. Usually what sets Korean temples apart from Japanese ones is that the former are painted to death, whereas the latter are painted once, in the year 1403, by a man with about six names, and then never ever maintained since then as all the paint flakes off.
Pity about the tourist, but what a lovely small-scale temple dancheong.
The byeoljihwa (the pictures in the middle) really give the meoricho (the end bits) something to contrast with. It also gives a bit of room for individual expression in what's otherwise a very systematic decorative style. In this case the individual expression is "what on earth made you choose that blue??"
This is in Gyeongbokgung and it's often photographed and it's a very standard, very peaceful palace dancheong.