Combination Between the authoritative scenes and the tiny little things in Gaeam-sa, Korea

Gaeam-sa temple was located in far away from the village.
So the atmosphere of this temple was idle and there were not so many people there.

Even though this temple had more than thousands years of history, nobody was there at that time except me.
This temple looked like to be embraced by the mountains. But the scene of the temple was very authoritative.

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There was a reason why it looked like authoritative.
The name of this area, Byronsan, was originated from the ancient kindom of Byeon Han.
According to the legend, this place was the capital of Byeon Han, the ancient kingdom before Baekje Dynasty. It meant that temple Gaeam-sa was very important in this area.
But as time going, the meaning and the importance of this temple seemed to have been diminished.

I entered into the temple through the gate.
There was a gate for 4 heaven Kings keeping paradise of Buddhism.
Unlike other temple, those 4 heaven kings were not colored with Dan-Cheng(Red and Blue Color).
The only parts colored were eyes. Interesting thing was 4 heaven kings have eyes on their belly.

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As entering into the temple, the authoritative scene of the temple was so impressive to me.
But there was tiny idle scenes of this temple made me soft and peaceful.

I slowly walked around the temple and photographed some beautiful shots.
The wall was made up of the roof tiles and the mud, and the patterns of wall was so impressive.

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The plants on the corner of the temple were so tiny.

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There was an unknown name of flower through the stone walls.
This tiny flower made my mind peaceful.
I had gazed at those small plants for a while.

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The really important thing in our life was not the grandiose things but the tiny little things.

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