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Yongdamjeong Temple Description Yongdamjeong (lit. Dragon Pool Pavilion ) is a sacred place to Cheondoism , located on Mt. Gumi in Gajeong-ri, Hyeongok-myeon , Gyeongju , South Korea .
Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd. (株式会社金剛組, Kabushiki Gaisha Kongō Gumi) is a Japanese construction company, purportedly founded in 578 A.D., [3] making it the world's oldest documented company. The company mainly works on the design, construction, restoration, and repair of shrines, temples, castles, and cultural heritage buildings.
Gumi (Korean: 구미; Korean pronunciation:) is the second largest and most densely populated city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is located on the Nakdong River , halfway between Daegu and Gimcheon , also lies on the Gyeongbu Expressway and Gyeongbu Line railway which are the principal traffic routes of the country.
Because such temple ceremonies have been used for Yamaguchi-gumi fund-raising and demonstrations of power, the Shiga Prefectural Police requested that Enryaku-ji cease performance of the ceremony. Rejecting the request, Enryaku-ji received crime-related money for the ceremony and allowed nearly 100 upper-level Yamaguchi-gumi leaders to attend.
On November 1, 1916, the company started operation as a normal station. The station was renovated in 1966 and expanded in 1982. In 2006, the company built a new history of Gumi and stopped handling cargo operation in 2007. KTX, Saemaul and Mugunghwa trains are in operation, and are in charge of passenger and ticket issuance. [1]
January 2006: Acquired Kongō Gumi, specializing in temple and shrine architecture. Prior to the acquisition, Kongō Gumi was the oldest continuously operated independent company in the world. [6] [7] September 2008: Acquired all shares of Asunaro Aoki Construction; October 2008: Transition to holding company system.
An insight into the daily lives of the Negoro-gumi was provided by Father Gaspar Vilela, a Jesuit missionary who visited the temple. He compared the monks to the Knights of Rhodes, devoted warriors who would give anything to fight for their religion. However, he observed that the monks of Negoroji focused far more on military preparations than ...
A typical Korean temple consists of the following elements: [2] Iljumun (일주문, 一柱門) – One pillar gate found at the entrance to temple grounds; Sacheonwangmun (사천왕문, 四天王門), also Cheonwangmun - Gate of the Four Heavenly Kings, to mark the entrance of the temple's boundaries