Andong, South Korea - At South Korea’s thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a ... but the Buddha and the wooden hall it was in survived.

South Korea’s devastating wildfires have destroyed much of Gounsa Temple, but a giant Buddha statue miraculously withstood the flames.

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At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire ... Korea -- but the Buddha and the wooden hall it was in survived.

At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a ...

Chon, administrator of the National Heritage Service, inspects a seated Buddha statue in Bongjeong Temple in Andong, North ...

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Colourful rectangular wooden boats carrying tourists chug along ... a famous cave temple containing nearly 6,000 Buddha statues.

The measures included preventive spraying, deploying fire-retardant cloth, cutting fire prevention lines, and removing historic items, including Buddha statues. At least 1,566 relics were moved ...