10 long live things carved on the wall Chimney.
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If you could find something easily, it meaned that would be not so important.
Finally, I had arrived at the most important and meaningful spot in Gyeong Bok Goong tour. That is the 10 long live things carved on the wall chimney near the Queen mother's room.
It seemed that there were not so many people looking at this national treasure.
It is strange that there were no tourists in meaningful place usually not only in Gyeon Bok Goong but also in other places.
It is hard to understand for me why they had carved a this magnificent relief here.
The one who had carved a this relief would be an ordinary worker.
Nobody knows his name. But his work have survived today. So I visited here to see this chimney
For enjoying historical relics, your imagination power is essential.
With imagination, you could concentrate for the motive of worker's.
You could get into his mind and heart.
At that time, everybody knew what the life of the Queen would be.
Noble family wanted their daughter to be selected for the Queen.
Once selected, the selected family could get political power.
From time to time, this kinds of struggle for political power had resulted in the Death of Queen's family or even herself.
It would be exceptional case for the Queen to enjoy happy life in Choson Dynasty.
Some lost their parents and brothers, some lost their children, in some case the Queen herself could be excuted through the struggle for the political power.
So my imagination is that the worker had made a relief with a pray of long live for the Queen mother who had survived through political struggle
Then, let's look at one by one.
this is believed as a dragon
cranes, left and right side of the dragon.
elephant ?
left part
right part
trees and flowers
animals and birds
This 10 long live thing carved was designated as the National Treasure.
But it was sorry it seemed not to be protected properly as it's importance.
These are very beautiful photos, @slowwalker, of the bas relief near the Queen mother's room.
As is often the case, tourists want to see well-known artifacts and don't seem interested in the recondite and often more meaningful things.
You took the time to study the figures depicted in relief on the chimney to see what they could tell you.
Those carvings are there for a purpose. They remind me of a Bible verse: The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
This beautifully carved relief is part of Koreans' heritage and should be appreciated.
The dragon of course symbolizes the king - his power and his royalty.
A dragon was thought to be born of the union between a phoenix and crane.
Among the birds and animals depicted I noticed deer. Deer were often associated with pine trees and longevity.
There are too many flowers, birds and animals to denote the significance of each but many of these figures were considered holy and spiritual and bore a hidden significance.
It is a case of one culture speaking to another - one generation still wanting to have a voice.
You are right, @slowwalker. It would be tragic to ignore the hidden mysteries contained in these beautiful reliefs.
your commrnts are always touching me.
you are an real writer
thank you, @slowwalker .I appreciate that :)
the post and very nice work
thank you
Nice art
it is :)
Imagine how much time it took to hand carve each one of those. Then the perfectly mount them inside that wall.
Some of those have a lot of beauty to them. I see that some of them look like they're deteriorating. Hopefully they can find a way to preserve them forever.
thank you for your comment.
as you said, some measures must to be done
nice art
exactly
Great!
thank you
Love antic pictures on wall
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History and its memories are really awesome.
Thank you @slowwalker
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good travel notes.
Long Korean history is interesting to learn, not just for Koreans, but outsiders like me.
Korean film industry that lifts the history of the past. it's so amazing like the drama The Great Queen Seon Deok and some other drama.
It's fantastic
Beauiful Carvings.
absolutely
what a beautiful designs carved on the wall
looks unique and different that one shows about the manual works at the past times
worth it
too good post
please keep posting
love your work
:)
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thank you do much
you are welcome
This is an amazing post slowwalker. Indeed appreciated reading it and viewing the beautiful pictures. History is indeed facinating. Upvoted and following u as always. Please do review my new post on myself and my steemit experiences. Hope u enjoy it too :) Regards Nainaz