Tree of Enlightenment, Thinking Tree

When Queen Maya arrived at Lumbini Forest and grabbed a branch of a tree, Prince Siddhartha was born.
At that moment, all the trees in the Lumbini forest watched with bated breath.
When the Buddha, who had lived on the streets for eighty years, laid down under a sal tree, the tree bloomed and offered a final offering to the Buddha.
The Buddha was born under a tree, entered meditation under a tree, and passed away under a tree.
The place where the destruction of the Shakya clan was observed was also under a tree.

Since ancient times, trees have been the cosmic tree that connects heaven and earth, and the tree of life that conceives life.
The place where Hwanin's son Hwanung descended from heaven, and the place where Ungnyeo, who had transformed from a bear to a human, prayed to have a child were both under a tree called Sindansu.


Until recently, there was a Seonghwangdang shrine at the entrance to the village, and in each village there was a Dangsan tree to protect it.
On the 15th day of the first lunar month, a Dangsanje ceremony was held under a tree, and the Dangsan tree was a support that protected the village community.

You can find trees that have disappeared in the wave of urbanization at the temple.
Now, the zelkova trees protect the mountain and the village.
And the place where the future Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, descends is also under the Yonghwasu (Dragon Flower Tree).
Let's go find the tree that protects the mountains and villages and promises the future.

writing.
Kim Nam-su (editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine "Bulkwang")