Stone Lantern Monument in front of Gakwhang-jeon Hall of Whaeom-sa Temple

There were 2 extraordinary stone monuments in front of Gakwhan-jeon hall.

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In this posting, I’d like to show you the stone lantern.
It seems the biggest stone lantern in Korean Buddhist temple.

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It seemed to be made in Goryeo dynasty.
This stone lantern was not so good balanced with the body and the head part like other Goryeo dynasty’s stone works.
It is a mystery why Goryeo dynasty’s stone lanterns were not so well balanced.

One characteristic of this lantern was the body was round shape.
I don’t know the reason why, but it was not easy to see the round shape body stone lantern.
In my opinion, it looked like not easy to make round shape than the angled edge shape.

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Thank you for reading.

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