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	<title>Gyeongjublog.com &#187; Temples &amp; shrines</title>
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		<title>Dang-namu (당나무): Sacred Trees of the Village</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/05/dang-namu-sacred-trees-of-the-village/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 02:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve spent any time touring the Korean countryside, you might have noticed a single  gnarly old tree standing nearby a farm village here or there.  These trees are actually called Dang-namu (당나무) and according to Korean folk religion (a form of Korean Shamanism) they are actually one of the village’s Dong-shin (동신), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pear Flowers (배 꽃) &amp; Bokwonsa Temple (복원사)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/05/pear-flowers-bokwonsa-temple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 00:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other Sunday the sun was finally shining after a solid week of rain.  My wife and I hopped in the car and took off to explore the countryside determined to enjoy some of the hard-earned Spring weather.   As luck would have it, we drifted back some country roads going west out of town, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Events for Buddha’s Birthday (석가탄신일): Friday, May 21st</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 16:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/?p=1528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Coming up in about a week and a half is my absolute favorite holiday in Korea: Seokga Tanshinil (석가탄신일), or Buddha’s Birthday.   Every temple in Korea celebrates Buddha’s Birthday one way or another.  Most hang lanterns, have special ceremonies and serve a special group lunch or dinner for parishioners.  A few of the larger or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seogyeongsa (서경사) Japanese Zen Temple</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/05/seogyeongsa-japanese-temple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other week my wife and I were walking through an older neighborhood of Gyeongju on our way downtown to grab a burger at McDonalds (Yeah, yeah. I know, but she’s pregnant.  I’m not going to argue.)  About a block from the courthouse, we turned the corner and stumbled on something we’d not seen since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Gyeongju Top 10</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/04/my-gyeongju-top-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/04/my-gyeongju-top-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know it’s all the trend these days, but I figured it was about time I sat down and wrote out my personal top ten &#8220;to do&#8221; list for Gyeongju.  Some of these I’ve posted on already, and if I haven’t yet, I hope to soon. So here they are in brief; counting down from 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Four-sided Buddha of Gulbulsa Temple (굴불사)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/03/four-sided-buddha-of-gulbulsa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/03/four-sided-buddha-of-gulbulsa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buddhist culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few blocks down from City Hall in Dongcheon-dong is one of the lesser known historical gems in Gyeongju, the four-sided Buddha of  Gulbulsa Temple (굴불사).  The original Shilla era structures of Gulbulsa are long gone, but remaining is a striking four-sided Buddha, or samyeonseokbul (사면석불), chiseled out of a large boulder.  In fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ichadon (이차돈) Continued</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/03/ichadon-continued/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/03/ichadon-continued/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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My wife and I went out for a short hike yesterday on Mt. Geumgansan (금강산) to get some exercise and enjoy a bit of the Spring weather.  As I’d just posted on the legend of of Ichadon (이차돈), I figured we’d take walk up to Baegyulsa Temple (배귤사), which was built on the spot where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shilla Legend: The Martyrdom of Ichadon (이차돈)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/03/martyrdom-of-i-cha-don/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/03/martyrdom-of-i-cha-don/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you visit enough Buddhist temples here in Korea, you might come across some pretty gnarly scenes painted on the sides of these hollowed halls, such as the gothic  tortures of the Hell Realms or the gruesome image of the 2nd Patriarch of Zen, or Seon (선) Buddhism, chopping off his left arm (but more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking Route: Chilbulam Hermitage (칠불암)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/02/chilbulam-hermitage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/02/chilbulam-hermitage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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 I’ve been running this blog now for almost 3 months and it’s nearly criminal I’ve not said anything yet about Mt. Namsan (남산) as I think it’s one of the coolest things about Gyeongju. Mt. Namsan’s not nearly as tall as some of the mountains around here (just under 500 meters actually) but what makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parable of the Ox Herder (심우도)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/02/parable-of-the-ox-herder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/02/parable-of-the-ox-herder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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Okay, I admit it:  I’m a Korean temple junky.  Big or small, I get a kick out of visiting Buddhist temples over here.   Maybe It&#8217;s because they’re something excotic we don’t have back home (and no, Yogaville doesn’t count) or just that I find them very relaxing places to be.   But whatever your religious preferences,  Buddhist [...]]]></description>
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