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Sallyeonggak - Shrine to the Mountain Spirit

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photo ©2001  Kerk Phillips

This is the pavilion dedicated to the Mountain Spirit.  Most Korean Buddhist temples have such a pavilion.  When Buddhism first came to Korea during the three kingdoms period it absorbed this local deity into the pantheon.

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Inside the Pavilion


photo ©1998 Kerk Phillips

This is the portrait of the Mountain Spirit.  He is usually shown as an old man with a tiger.  This is a detail of the mural, my picture of the whole mural did not turn out, but you can find one here.