Tag: Korean Architecture

• Gyeong-bokgung, Reminder of a Great Heritage

  

  The wonderful thing about Korean Architecture is that without obliterating its own principles of geomancy – the art of placing or arranging buildings or other sites auspiciously, based on geomagnetism- it reflects the strong influence of the cultures, religions and nations that once controlled the region. On my previous post, we saw how Koreans adapted…

  Perla Copernik

  May 17, 2010

  Architecture, Heritage, History, photography, preservation

  Heritage, History, Korea, Korean Architecture, neo-Confucianism, photography, preservation

• Seoul, what a Great Surprise!

  

  “One who lives in accordance with nature does not go against the way of things. He moves in harmony with the present moment always knowing the truth of just what to do” -From the Tao Te Ching (the Book of the Way) by Lao Tzu 600-531 B.C. This trip to Seoul, South Korea, was particularly…

  Perla Copernik

  April 24, 2010

  Architecture, Heritage, History, Nature, photography, preservation

  Bongeun-sa, Buddhism, Buddhist temple, Harmony, Korea, Korean Architecture, Maitreya Buddha, Nature, Seoul, Taoism