Korea Journal by Roger Bourke White Jr.: Fall 2004

Fall 2004

This first stop on this tour of site in eastern Kyonggi province was Shulluksa. This is a 1000-year-old Buddhist Temple. It was started in the time when the Shilla kingdom was the most powerful in Korea, and was in the process of unifying the peninsula for the first time.
This brick pagoda behind me dates from the days when the temple was first founded.

This is a watering trough. It's not nearly as old, but just a pleasing to look at.

A spring and water basin.

This is modern stonework. It's the base of a stelle and represents a turtle. The interesting thing about this piece is that each time I come to Shilluksa (I've been three times), I see it in a different place on the grounds.

This is one of our tour guides standing in front of the "stelle" part of the stelle that the turtle is part of.

Another piece of old stonework at Shilluksa. This is overlooking a scenic section of the Han River. Downstream, this river winds it's way through the center of Seoul.

	Two lovely ladies who were on the tour with me. We took this tour at the tail end of leaf-turning-color season in Korea.
	It was a most pleasant time to be walking and touring.
	It was also Halloween season, and my students were going to be sore disappointed if I didn't show up for class in some kind of costume. I found this classic at the Home Plus department store.

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	This first stop on this tour of site in eastern Kyonggi province was Shulluksa. This is a 1000-year-old Buddhist Temple. It was started in the time when the Shilla kingdom was the most powerful in Korea, and was in the process of unifying the peninsula for the first time. This brick pagoda behind me dates from the days when the temple was first founded.
	This is a watering trough. It's not nearly as old, but just a pleasing to look at.
	A spring and water basin.
	This is modern stonework. It's the base of a stelle and represents a turtle. The interesting thing about this piece is that each time I come to Shilluksa (I've been three times), I see it in a different place on the grounds.
	This is one of our tour guides standing in front of the "stelle" part of the stelle that the turtle is part of.
	Another piece of old stonework at Shilluksa. This is overlooking a scenic section of the Han River. Downstream, this river winds it's way through the center of Seoul.