[Living Tradition] What lies beneath
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[Living Tradition] What lies beneath

Published: 18 May. 2021, 16:55 Updated: 18 May. 2021, 17:09
 
Visitors gaze down at underwater rock carvings through otchil (lacquer-coating) on May 9 in Tongdo Temple in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang. It took three years for Monk Seongpa of the temple to create the artwork, which is a reproduction of the famous Bangudae Petroglyphs (National Treasure No. 285), or 8,000-year-old rock engravings that feature some 300 creatures in Ulsan. [SONG BONG-GEUN]
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