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SOUTH KOREA

Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple

Buddhist Art of the Silla Dynasty

Year of Inscription: 1995

Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple are ancient

Buddhist temples of Korea, which were established in

the mid-8th century AD during the golden era of the

Silla Dynasty. It is an artificial stone temple made of

granite. These two heritages represent the highly

developed architectural skills and creative

craftsmanship of the Silla people. 佛国寺

Bulguksa Temple

The Bulguksa Temple is the product of the Silla people‘s 释迦牟尼佛 Buddha (韩国 Korea:

realization of the ideal world and the Buddha’s country (韩国 Korea: 1997) 1997)

in imagination. They created and embodied the

Buddhist temple according to the description of the

world from Lotus Sutra (Fa Hua Jing), Sukhavativyuha

Sutra (Wu Liang Shou Jing) and Avatamsaka Sutra (Hua

Yan Jing).

释迦牟尼佛 Buddha

(韩国 Korea: 1977)