When Bulguksa Played Second Fiddle to the Snow, Bulguksa Part 1

There we were - our second day in Gyeongju during our first ever trip to Korea. My friend and I had planned an early start to see both the famous Bulguksa Temple and the Seokkoram Grotto. We'd just made our way into the first courtyard when it started to snow. No big deal to folks who live in temperate climes but it was my very first experience of real snow and to have the snowflakes drift down so gently in such a setting was sublime.

Unfortunately we weren't quite prepared for the cold and found ourselves taking refuge in the temple where a kindly ajumma invited us to draw closer to the electric heater. She even poured for us some herbal concoction from a kettle kept warm by a stove. It was so peaceful watching the drifting snowflakes framed by the wooden portals of the temple.

On second thought, it wasn't a case of nature over the man-made. The scene was a harmonious yin-yang balance between the two worlds. What better place to be witness to the beauty of the Shilla temple being enhanced by the serenity of the wintry landscape?

source:
http://koreajourney.com/About-Korea.html