Browsing the archives for the Uisang tag

7 Dec 09

Links: The Hwarang (화랑) Warriors of the Shilla Dynasty

 
I was going to include this with my new links  post a few days back, but it was so cool I figured it need a posting of it’s own.   Last week I stumbled onto the official website of the Hwarang Do martial arts organization .  If you’ve read anything about the history of the Shilla [...]

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25 Nov 09

St. Wonhyo’s Awakening

The are a lot of great stories and legends from the Shilla dynasty.   Most have to do with places around Gyeongju, so I’m hoping to retell a few of them here.  Bunhwangsa temple was the home of one of the most famous Korean Buddhist saints of all time, Venerable monk Wonhyo (617 – 686 CE) .   [...]

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