Bulguksa Temple Gyeongju

Saturday was beautiful. The weather was simply great, and it would have been perfect if not for the slight layer of dust in the air.

We spent the afternoon bumming around the temple and Malli and Liam enjoyed the walk, surprisingly.

South Kroea was in the past a buddhist country, which changed with the invasion of christianity. Now the protestant faith dominates while buddhism comes in third place. But what the buddhist faith lacks in following it makes up in looks. Buddhist temples are a sight to behold here in South Korea and tend to occupy enough space to allow for leasurely strals for the visitors which makes it all worth wile.

The Bulguksa temple is one of the oldest buddhist temples here in South Korea if not THE oldest one in Korea.
Wikipedia summarises its presence in the following paragraph:

"Bulguksa is located on the slopes of Mount Toham. It is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism and encompasses six National treasures of South Korea, including the Dabotap and Seokgatap stone pagodas, Cheongun-gyo, and two gilt-bronze statues of Buddha"