. Peking and the overland route. ideyoshodi at the end of the16th century, and placed on the ground almost , Sekino, Professor of Architecture in Tokio University,savs :— 105 The Pu(l;i stood within the (.lu-losure olWun-gak Temple. It is precisely the same in shape asthe Pa,o()(hi. t!iat stood on Poo-so Mountain in front ofKyunir-ehmi TiinpK Pooii^-lnk county, wliich datesfrom close of the Koryo Dynasty. Its design maybe said to he the most ))erlect attainment of the beauti-ful. Xot ;i, defect is there to be found in it. As weexamine the deta,ils more carefullw we
. Peking and the overland route. ideyoshodi at the end of the16th century, and placed on the ground almost , Sekino, Professor of Architecture in Tokio University,savs :— 105 The Pu(l;i stood within the (.lu-losure olWun-gak Temple. It is precisely the same in shape asthe Pa,o()(hi. t!iat stood on Poo-so Mountain in front ofKyunir-ehmi TiinpK Pooii^-lnk county, wliich datesfrom close of the Koryo Dynasty. Its design maybe said to he the most ))erlect attainment of the beauti-ful. Xot ;i, defect is there to be found in it. As weexamine the deta,ils more carefullw we find that theoriginality displayed is \ci-y ^rent. and tluit the execu-tion of the work has been done with the highest def»reeof skill. It is a monument of the past well woi-tii theseeing. This Pagoda be said to be by far the mostwonderful monument in Korea. Scarcely anything inChina itself can be said to compnre with it. The dateof its erection and its age nuike no dilTerence to thevalue and excellence of Ilie ( iriVcriJIIIi-nt -( JiIHThI nt ( luiscri. I»cij\ n (Scnlll) 166 The I*H<,()da whs built by Kinj^ Scjo in Ii04-14G6 ).und contains the \ Sutra, thebookthat awakenedin the King the desire ior the Buddhist laith. Nearby is another antiquity, a decorated and in-scribed tablet standing on the back of a gigantic turtle aiiiemorial of the old monastery that once stood on thissite.
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