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This famous nine-story pagoda, at Wolcheong-sa Temple in Odaesan National Park, is
classified as a Korean national treasure.
In Buddhism, a pagoda is considered to be the home of the Buddha's body because it
is supposed to hold some of his thousands of sari, or beads. These are said
to be the remains of the Buddha because they were not consumed when the body was
cremated. Most Korean pagodas are made of stone. Chinese Buddhist pagodas are commonly brick, and Japanese pagodas are often wood. The woman on the right bowed four times before the pagoda, once on each side of the fence surrounding it. |