Korea Finder #51
Due to popular demand here is hopefully a more diffcult Korea Finder for everyone to try and answer. Who can name who is pictured in the painting? A bonus point if you can name what temple this painting is located in.
Here are this year’s current Korea Finder Leader’s Board:
Mark -10
Sonagi – 5
James – 2
Mike -2
Peekstr – 1
HumKor – 1
Farty – 1
Maui – 1
kcbill06 – 1
CPT Kim – 1
Tim – 1
Surabol – 1
Brendon Carr – 1
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Looks like that dude from the movie "Remo Williams, The Adventure Begins."
LOL, this person is well known partly because of this beard though.
Is he a Shaman?
Dangun, the old mountain man with his tiger messenger. Wait a few and I'll tell you which temple….
The good news is that all impure thoughts have been driven from my browser cache after 1 hour of going through every temple in Korea.
The bad news is I didn't find that friggin' altar in any of them and I'm going back to the Lord's work.
Let me try .. Santa Claus?
Yea! And his Elf's.
I think it is important to clarify to all non koreans that Santa Claus was indeed a korean man. His real name was Kim San Ta and was a small farmer in a korean village. Now that the truth has been brought to light, that the western countries stole him from us, I want to demand apologies, compensations and that you (Western countries) correct your text books giving the due credit to us koreans. The picture above is the altar built in honor of Kim San Ta, in a shrine built also for him.
GI!
I demand you take a point away from Mark for that cheap and pathetic, grasping-at-straws guess.
Dangun dyes his hair black.
San-shin, on the other hand, has chosen to gray gracefully.
Be careful Mark… Dangun will put the hex on you for that.
Dr. Yu,
That explains the kimchee-canes I got one year in my stockings.
(cue music)
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw him,
he'd have a bottle of Jinro.
All of the other reindeer
complained his breath was squid and garlic.
They never let poor Rudolph
get remotely close to their salt lick.
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
San Ta came to say:
"Rudolph with your nose so bright,
I want to eat your gull bladder tonight."
Then all the reindeer loved him
as they shouted out, "Hey!
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
you'll be made into chee-gae!"
J!
How did this photo of my bathroom get on the net?
Chickenhead is correct. This is the mountain god San-shin. Tangun has the black beard where San-shin has the white beard.
I do think San-shin would be a much cooler Santa though. Imagine instead of reindeer flying through sky you have San-shin with his flying tigers.
Chickenhead does receive a bonus point for the funny San-shin carol as well.
Dr. Yu gets a point as well for starting this funny thread which has been the funniest thing I've read all week.
Chickenhead, you nailed it with San-shin.
Naksan in Gangwon-do.
No not Naksan temple but it is in Gangwon-do.
Sinheungsa. Do I still get a point?
Sorry, still not correct.
Hmmm…
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Tiger? San Ta Claws? A red Equus pulled by flying tigers?
GI,
I must respectfully decline my point for the song. While a free point for cleverness is much appreciated, it takes away from those who gain their points through superior knowledge of Korea.
If a separate, honorary score for amusing posts under Korea Finder is created, however, I will proudly flaunt my point.
Mark,
You are beating me to all the temples I would have guessed as well… famous temples with connections to sacred mountains. Do you think GI is pulling one over on us by posting a picture from Obscure-sa?
J!
This temple is one of top four most important temples in Korea and is the head temple for 31 temples in Gangwon province. Its remote location makes it not as visited as others but it is more important than the two famous examples cited.
Chickenhead the pointed has been deleted but I appreciate a good laugh.
Woljongsa. This is my final
guessanswer.ChickenHead, I agree to the extent that even though it may be from a famous temple, the pictue itself is probably a more obscure mural within the temple, and that's why my cache is filled with every Dangun and Sanshin picture other than this one.
I would guess it has to be one of these…
Guryingsa
Deungmyeong-nakgasa
Samhwasa
Oseam
Woljeongsa
Cheongpyeongsa
I would agree with Mark that Woljeongsa is the best answer… but it is only a guess. Since the Internet isn't spoon feeding me info here, my time budget for research was limited to 15 minutes.
I'll spare the indignity of 6 separate posts saying, "It is ______!" until I get a point.
J!
Chickenhead,
Very nice song. You are very criative.
GI
Thank you for the point. I was not expecting. I left Korea when I was only 6 years old so I have no idea where are most of places you show in this blog. Probably most of you know korea better than me.
Is it a picture of the shaman mountain god San-shin, in a shrine dedicated to Samyeong-daesa at Geonbong Temple?
Chickenhead how did you ever guess that? 😉
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