When Buddha attained the real truth, there were Buddha’s disciples. In Buddhism they were called as the Arhats. In this perspective, the 12 Apostles in Christianity were very similar to the Arhats in Buddhism.
I had already posted the meaning of the Arhats before, but here I’d like to introduce you the praying place for those Arhats. Nahan is the translation of Arhat in Korean language.
So the name of the building is ‘Nahan-Jeon’.
At first, the calligraphy on Nahan-Jeon is so artful. The writing style of Nahan-Jeon front board is quite different from that of other temples.
And patterns of the doors were so wonderful. It’s design and the skill made estimate that those patterns were the representative in Choson Dynasty.
It was permitted to photography inside of this Nahan-Jeon.
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The important figures were displayed on the altar. And there were hundreds of Bodhisattvas behind of Arhats.
All figures were smiling, but the expressions of the face were slightly different each other.
It seems that the signal of the realization in the smile.