page_title: Culture of Korea
section_title: Bulguksa
hierarchical_section_title: Culture of Korea / World Heritage Sites / Bulguksa
caption_attribution_description: English: Buddha at Seokguram in South Korea, World Heritage picture Deutsch: Koreanischer Buddha in der Seokguram-Höhle. – In Meditationshaltung sitzend berührt Siddhartha Gautama mit der Rechten die Erde, um sie als Zeugin für seine bisherigen Verdienste anzurufen und sein Anrecht auf Erlangung des höchsten Zieles, des Bodhi, zu unterstreichen (Bhumisparsa Mudra).
context_page_description: The culture of Korea is the shared cultural and historical heritage of Korea and southern Manchuria. As one of the oldest continuous cultures in the world, Koreans have passed down their traditional narratives in a variety of ways.
  Since the mid-20th century, Korea has been split between the North and South Korean states, resulting today in a number of cultural differences. Before the Joseon Dynasty, the practice of Korean shamanism was deeply rooted in Korean culture.
context_section_description: Bulguksa is also known as the temple of the Buddha Land and home of the Seokguram Grotto. The temple was constructed in 751 and consists of a great number of halls. There are two pagodas placed in the temple.
  The Seokguram grotto is a hermitage of the Bulguksa temple. It is a granite sanctuary. In the main chamber a Buddha statue is seated. The temple and the grotto were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1995.
caption: Seokguram Grotto
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