Silla Buddhist Culture Encountered Through Over 200 Artifacts
First Public Display of Gilt-Bronze Phoenix Ornament Lock Excavated from Hwangnyongsa Site
The National Gyeongju Cultural Heritage Research Institute will hold an exhibition titled "Buli (不二): Not Two but One" at the Dongguk University Gyeongju Campus Museum from the 27th of this month until September 30th. The exhibition highlights the splendid Buddhist culture of Silla through over 200 artifacts excavated so far.
The artifacts include chimis (decorative roof tiles placed at both ends of wooden building ridges) from Bunhwangsa Temple, Sacheonwangsa Temple Site, and Inwang-dong Temple Site, as well as small gilt-bronze Buddha statues, small pagodas, and stone Vairocana Buddha statues. Also, for the first time, a gilt-bronze phoenix-decorated lock excavated last year from the Hwangnyongsa Temple Site, which attracted much attention, will be displayed.
Visitors can also experience photographic and video works that reinterpret the beauty of the artifacts. An official explained, "Artists in their 20s and 30s uniquely expressed the emotions and impressions they felt after directly seeing and experiencing the 1,300-year-old Silla Buddhist culture."
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Admission is free. Visitors can attend without a separate reservation. However, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the number of visitors allowed simultaneously is limited to fifteen. The exhibition is open on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed on weekends and public holidays.
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