It is May and the festivity season at the onset (no.....wait...it's at the dawn) of Summer festivities is yet to begin. But, with so much (avid readers, beware: not many, but I dare to say 'much') things to do, we just could not wait to start digging ourselves into the pit of what Korea or Seoul precisely has to offer. First, I want to highlight the much-talked about festival, i.e. no other than the Buddha's Birthday-related festivals held throughout May across the whole peninsula--I mean, at least in the southern part (which I am positively referring to South Korea^^).
See the dazzlingly lighted lanterns adorned over the sky? well, this is pretty much what we could see and enjoy until today (as of writing this entry)--May, 28, 2012, at most temples nationwide. We went to this famous temple called Bongeun-sa in Sanseong station, which was just across the street from the famous COEX mall in Gagnam area of Seoul.
Went there with my family and a whole bunch of friends who happened to have the same gits and wits for something like this. Well, festival chasers like me...or festivity goers like me would not have surely missed the once-a-year traditional cultural event like this one. (We did see the Lantern Parade, too--which you may read and see in my other entries).
It was such a rewarding experience to see and directly feel and breathe underneath the red lanterns adorning the sky that night. How could we possibly forget the simple fact that it was just actually a lotus-like lantern dotted and decorated the hall in front of the temple, but ....yet...we felt like something was there--which was the spirit of celebrating what the Buddhist believe to be one of their sacred days.
Now, this was -- I think--another shot angle I took while we were facing the rear gate of the temple. See the sky-rise buildings at the background? this simply shows how the temple itself is intact and closely mingled within the vicinity of modern Seoul urban area.
Lots of animals and plants-shaped --some were unimaginable--lanterns, most were big in sizes---available for anyone to enjoyably see.
These ones below were the shots I took when we were walking up the temple. Yes, the temple sat on a not-that-high hills that made it possible for us to see the high-rises surrounding it. A positive advantage to give a preview of where it is situated: a serene sanctuary in the middle of a bustling city like Seoul.
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