[Photo] Jogyesa Temple Preparing for Buddha's Birthday, Bathing Ceremony
On the 17th, two days before Buddha's Birthday, Buddhists at Jogyesa Temple in Jongno-gu, Seoul, are performing the bathing ceremony of the baby Buddha. The bathing ceremony (Gwanbul, 灌佛) symbolizes the event when nine dragons bathed the newborn Buddha with fragrant water at Lumbini Garden./Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@
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