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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.
Main hall or Main Temple is the building within a Japanese Buddhist monastery compound which enshrines the main object of veneration. [1] Because the various denominations deliberately use different terms, this single English term translates several Japanese words, among them butsuden , butsu-dō , kondō , konpon-chūdō , and hondō .
In 1978, roof tiles excavated from the remains of the Iwaya tile kiln, located on a hillside bordering the right bank of the Nabari River, 2.7 kilometers northeast of the temple ruins, were found to be identical to those found at the temple ruins, indicating that this was the kiln associated with that temple. The kiln is a flat kiln, with a 1.5 ...
As mentioned above, shichidō garan could mean a complete temple or even simply a large temple complex. According to a 13th-century text, [ 10 ] "a garan is a temple with a hon-dō (main hall), a tō (pagoda), a kō-dō (lecture hall), a shōrō (belfry), a jiki-dō (refectory), a sōbō (monks' living quarters), and a kyōzō (scriptures ...
The use of the word temple comes from the need to distinguish a building of the church vs. the church seen as the Body of Christ. In the Russian language (similar to other Slavic languages), while the general-purpose word for 'church' is tserkov, the term khram (Храм), 'temple', is used to refer to the church building as a temple of God ...
A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism. They include the structures called vihara , chaitya , stupa , wat and pagoda in different regions and languages.
Gumi or GUMI may refer to: Gumi, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran; Gumi, Nepal, a village development committee in Surkhet District, Bheri Zone, Nepal; Gumi, North Gyeongsang, a city in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea Gumi University; Gumi or Elaeagnus multiflora, a species of shrub or small tree native to China, Korea and Japan
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.