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Emile
Bell was made to honor the King, SeongDeok. |
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Making
a big bell was so difficult that a grotesque way, to put a
child into a boiling pot, |
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was
introduced. |
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Emile
Story |
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King
GyeongDeok of the Silla Kingdom dispatched monks to
get donations from folks to finanace the making of the
Sacred Bell of the Great King SeongDeok. One day, a
woman holding a baby whined to one of the monks by saying,
"I have nothing to donate but this baby."
Following repeated failures in casting, a fortuneteller
was consulted and he told that it was because of the
blasphemy commited by the woman who held a baby. So
the baby was donated, as the mother inadvertently said,
and sacrificed to the making. When the completed bell
was rung, it sounded like 'emile(meaning 'because of
mother')'. Among folks, the bell was since then called
'Emile Bell'. This is sheer a legend, not veritable
anyhow. |
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And
there were harsh disputes in putting the baby into the furnace.
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The
performance shows the conflicts among the royal family and
noblemen. => Go |
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And
newly-born Buddha's feature embraces the whole world with
the hand of mercy. => Go |
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