| Launch of the Prototype Trek of the Wonhyo Pilgrimage Trail Gyeongju City December 4th, 2011 / 2555 / 4344 |
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| Dinner together the evening before, to celebrate finally getting underway after 4 years of discussing and developing this project. From Left: Pilgrim Chris McCarthy, Tourism Prof Byeon Woo-hee, Tourism Prof David A Mason, Gyeongju-Blogger Sherwin Jones, Monk Sang-min Seunim, Pilgrim-leader Tony MacGreggor, Prof David Watermeyer, and Prof Michael Drummond. |
The next morning, December 4th 2011, we
met at Bunhwang-sa -- one of Gyeongju's
most-famous temples due to its faux-brick
pagoda-ruins -- because it is recorded that
Wonhyo often lived here while in the capital.
There is a large portrait of the Great Master,
possibly the oldest extant one, in the
Bogwang-jeon Main Hall, and we bowed in
front of it, three times in traditional Korean
Buddhist style, before starting to walk.
met at Bunhwang-sa -- one of Gyeongju's
most-famous temples due to its faux-brick
pagoda-ruins -- because it is recorded that
Wonhyo often lived here while in the capital.
There is a large portrait of the Great Master,
possibly the oldest extant one, in the
Bogwang-jeon Main Hall, and we bowed in
front of it, three times in traditional Korean
Buddhist style, before starting to walk.
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| Tony and Chris plan to walk the entire route by Christmas, finishing at Dangjin. David W will join them for various sections of the way, as will some others. We five companions made the initial leg of the journey of this fine sunny Sunday. |
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