Mikyoung Cha – Gyeongju The Museum Without Walls Part 1

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Gyeongju – The Museum Without Walls, Part 1, photographs by Mikyoung Cha

Mikyoung Cha is a graduate in Oriental Painting from Hyosung Women’s University, Daegu, South Korea. She has participated in a number of group art exhibitions in South Korea and Japan. In 2016 she took up photography – the camera becoming her paint brush. This globe trotting photographer is a regular contributor to Live Encounters Magazine.


Gyeongju was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla (57 BC – 935 AD) which ruled about two-thirds of the Korean Peninsula between the 7th and 9th centuries. Later Silla was a prosperous and wealthy country, and its metropolitan capital of Gyeongju was the fourth largest city in the world. A vast number of archaeological sites and cultural properties from this period remain in the city. Gyeongju is often referred to as “the museum without walls”. Among such historical treasures, Seokguram grotto, Bulguksa temple, Gyeongju Historic Areas and Yangdong Folk Village are designated as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. The many major historical sites have helped Gyeongju become one of the most popular tourist destinations in South Korea. (wikipedia)


Pine Grove, Samreung © Mikyoung Cha
Pine Grove, Samreung


Deareungwon © Mikyoung Cha
Deareungwon


Royal Tomb of King Michu, Deareungwon.© Mikyoung Cha
Royal Tomb of King Michu, Deareungwon.


Bulguksa Temple, Geukrakjeon. © Mikyoung Cha
Bulguksa Temple, Geukrakjeon.


Detail of roof, Bulguksa Temple, Geukrakjeon. © Mikyoung Cha
Detail of roof, Bulguksa Temple, Geukrakjeon.


Bulguksa Temple, Geukrakjeon.© Mikyoung Cha
Bulguksa Temple, Geukrakjeon.


SeoBong Tomb © Mikyoung Cha
SeoBong Tomb

© Mikyoung Cha

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