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Myogilsang Buddhist statue
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The Myogilsang Buddhist statue is a carved Bodhisattva located in the Grand Miruk Cliff in Manphok Valley, Inner Kumgang, North Korea. Dating from the Koryo period, it is 15 metres high and 9.4 metres wide.[1] The statue was once part of a larger temple dedicated to Manjushri (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) that was laid to waste in the late-Choson period, leaving only the carving. A painting dated 1768 in the National Museum of Korea in Seoul shows the carving inside the temple.[2]
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Myogilsang Buddhist statue | |
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Hangul | 묘길상 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Myogilsang |
McCune–Reischauer | Myogilsang |
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It is the largest Buddhist stone image in Korea.[3]
The statue was visited by 150 tourists in 2007 as part of a pilot project to open the area to tourism from South Korea.[4]