Giant statue of ancient Buddhist monk in southwest Japan cleansed ahead of spring festival
One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
South Korea’s Worst Ever Wildfires Ravage Ancient Buddhist Temples and Menace Historic Villages
One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...
New York Post1d
South Korea’s centuries-old Gounsa temple is left in ruins by unprecedented wildfires
While it doesn’t house buildings constructed during that ancient period ... He said that monks and the Buddhist faithful managed to move the temple’s third “treasure,” a stone Buddha ...
Artnet News2d
Deadly South Korea Wildfires Ravage Ancient Buddhist Temples
An ancient Buddhist temple complex is among the structures burned in some of the worst wildfires ever to hit South Korea.
Newsday2d
South Korea's centuries-old Gounsa temple is left in ruins by unprecedented wildfires
While it doesn’t house buildings constructed during that ancient period ... He said that monks and Buddhist faithful managed to move the temple's third “treasure,” a stone Buddha statue ...