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Myogilsang Buddhist statue
View of the carving.
Korean name
Hangul묘길상
Hanja妙吉祥
Revised RomanizationMyogilsang
McCune–ReischauerMyogilsang

The Myogilsang Buddhist statue is a carved Bodhisattva located in the Grand Miruk Cliff in Manphok Valley, Inner Kumgang, North Korea. Dating from the Koryo period, it is 15 metres high and 9.4 metres wide. The statue was once part of a larger temple dedicated to Manjushri (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) that was laid to waste in the late-Choson period, leaving only the carving. A painting dated 1768 in the National Museum of Korea in Seoul shows the carving inside the temple.

It is the largest Buddhist stone image in Korea.

The statue was visited by 150 tourists in 2007 as part of a pilot project to open the area to tourism from South Korea.

References

  1. "Sculpture of the Bodhisattva". Naenara. Foreign Languages Publishing House. June 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  2. Chŏng, Yang-Mo (1998). Arts of Korea. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 351. ISBN 0870998501.
  3. "Mt.Kŭmgang". Korea Konsult. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  4. Jin, Ryu (May 31, 2007). "Mt. Geumgang Reveals Deeper Side of Elegance". The Korea Times. Retrieved August 25, 2016.

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