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There was a not well known temple near Nonsan city. I had posted about Nonsan city on which there were several famous temples. I found a tiny small temple on the way to Nonsan city.
The history of this temple was written on the standing board.
Gae Tae Sa was the name of this temple.
Literally Gae Tae means opening the great thing.
Only with this name, we could estimate that this temple was closely related with an opening of Koryeo Danasty.
This temple had been built by the order of the First King of Koryeo Dynasty.
The very first king’s name was Wang Geon.
In the process of unifying Korean peninsula, Wang Geon had waged fierce battles in this area, so he wanted to built the temple to mitigate the animosity of the residents.
At that time, Buddhism was the best option to persuade people for the new Dynasty.
Gae Tae Sa seemed a very large temple.
The proof was an Iron pot which was a relics of the temple.
The size of the Iron pot was as large as 7feet of diameter.
With this iron pot, they could prepare the soup of 300 people.
It meant that there lived about 300 people in this temple.
I never had seen this kind of large iron pot before.
There were nothing left in the place of the temple.
After Korean War the monk found the Iron Pot which was half buried by a flood.
Now this iron pot became the symbol of Buddhist worship in this temple.
People put the coins and money to show their belief.
The only thing the monk could found in the temple place was a 5 story of Stupa which was scattered on the ground.
Nobody knows why this temple was destroyed, once more than 300 people had been living there.
A monk reestablished this temple in recent years.
At that time a buried Iron pot and a scattered Stupa were key existence to restart this temple.
Everything in this temple was diminished, but the left things became a starter of new beginning.
History flows carelessly.
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Yes!
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hmmmmmmm no doubt
Even your all posts are always very much awesome
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It must be very old. It's surprising that it hasn't crumbled due to rust. It's been exposed!
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wow..!!
I spotted one large one at Ajmer (India) darhgaah. That is a thing to give a visit too :)
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hmm i will think about it....
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The one at Ajmer darhgaah isn't technically an iron pot
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is it so ?
I might be bad on technical knowledge !
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Thank you for taking us there even though it was not physical journey your narration made it a very wonderful experience to be.
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Thank you so much
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Wah did dey ever cook in this
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Why not ?
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Nice article bro.
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Thank you
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went back to history....very well described...gautam buddha was from india ...the founder of buddhism ..later on it spread in china japan sri lanka korea...thanks for the post ..it reminds me of school days
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Thank you
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Great article!
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this left things could start a new journey ahead who knows
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Great !! Even it's totally broken hhhhh
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Great post! I really like it! You have my support ;) Also, I would really appreciate if you could check out my profile :)
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the iron pot is really big..it’s hard to imagine how to cook food ..
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yes i was thinking about same thing.....
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That's the question. lol.
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how interesting!! I also have never seen this kind of a iron pot~
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You need to visit there with your Kids
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Thank you for the history lesson. I never would have guessed that pot was used for cooking.
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Hahaha
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@slowwalker
You have continued to find amazing tidbits of Korean history in your search for it.
The large iron pot is unusual and is a piece of the history.
I have never seen anything like this before.
Thank you for your relentless search for us to find exciting new records of the Korean peninsula history.
Who knows. One day the Korean peninsula may be reunited.
Think of what you could search for then? Now, that would be amazing indeed.
Francis
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Thank you.
I hope korea to be reunified.
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how many years of age that queue
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More than 1000 years may be
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A very large iron pot. Thank you for sharing your past history in korea. Your posts are always the best @slowwalker.
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Thank you so much
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Very interesting post. One of the must-see places in Korea i think
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you are really a great photographer man. i love your photography
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there are similar stories from us too ..
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same here in india too.....
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Oh introduce your story please.
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as soon as I find the photos. But there are many symbolic places where people leave their coins as a sign of their devotion or admiration. But also how brings good luck.
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done your post and upvote frnd reply msg
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Very old pot👌👌
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That is huge pot. Shared with my followers.
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This post is interesting. you have my upvote this post .... keep it up my friend looking forward to your next post
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Excelente post lleno de pasión, historia de korea mil felicidades por el trabajo realizado
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Amazing iron pot. Looking very old.
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Congratulations @slowwalker!
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Thats huge
What was it used for ?
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