I duly pay my 4,000 won (US$4.00) entrance fee, but discover that there is no locker to leave my backpack. Bad news! Ah well, I have to take it slowly then.
The Bulguksa Temple started construction in 751 AD (part of the original temple was built in 535 AD), when the Silla citizens found that they needed to realize Buddha's ideal nation in the real world. Hence the complex was designed incorporating Buddha-approved architecture, geometry and mathematics. Buddhist orderliness and ideals are reflected in the design and architecture of structures and temple layout.
To an ignorant bloke like me...it sounds like a damn pleasant place! But when I enter the gate, I find two pairs (one pair on each side) of mean-looking giants straddling four hapless chaps! What a start.
