An Example Early 20th Century Western Architecture in Korea
I caught part of a documentary on the above last night. Korea was of course annexed by the Japanese in 1910, so the architects I saw profiled were Japanese. One building that stood out was the central church of Chondogyo (천도교), the "Religion of the Heavenly Way," a native Korean religion that was born in the 20th Century and was influenced by Buddhist, Confucian, Daoist, and Christian beliefs.
[As fanciful as this religion may sound, it pales in comparison to Vietnam's Cao Dai (Cao Đài), officially known as Đại Đạo Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ, which has as its saints Buddha, Laozi, Confucius, Jesus, Victor Hugo, and Sun Yat Sen.]
Here are some images of the Central Church of Chǒndogyo, designed by Nakamura Yosihei:Here's a site where many other examples of Korean buildings from 1880 to 1950 can be found: KOREAN MODERN BUILDING. Unfortunately, many of the images are no longer active, but those of some of Korea's most beautiful Catholic churches are.
I caught part of a documentary on the above last night. Korea was of course annexed by the Japanese in 1910, so the architects I saw profiled were Japanese. One building that stood out was the central church of Chondogyo (천도교), the "Religion of the Heavenly Way," a native Korean religion that was born in the 20th Century and was influenced by Buddhist, Confucian, Daoist, and Christian beliefs.
[As fanciful as this religion may sound, it pales in comparison to Vietnam's Cao Dai (Cao Đài), officially known as Đại Đạo Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ, which has as its saints Buddha, Laozi, Confucius, Jesus, Victor Hugo, and Sun Yat Sen.]
Here are some images of the Central Church of Chǒndogyo, designed by Nakamura Yosihei:Here's a site where many other examples of Korean buildings from 1880 to 1950 can be found: KOREAN MODERN BUILDING. Unfortunately, many of the images are no longer active, but those of some of Korea's most beautiful Catholic churches are.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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