Exhibition of Traditional Lanterns:

Bongeun-sa Temple Buddha's 2550th Birthday Celebration (2006)

These lanterns were on display at Bongeun-sa Temple for Buddha's 2,550th birthday celebration. This one is a girl holding a lotus.	A traveller.	A drummer.	Buddha holding a book.
A girl in a traditional Korean hanbok holding a lotus flower.	A boy monk known as dongja who is a form of the Buddha riding a lion.	A view of the face of the lion.	A boy holding a calligraphy brush.
A girl holding a tiger.	I'm not sure what this one is, might be a Buddha, it's hard to tell. The ears are slightly elongated, but that might just be the style of the lantern.	Young Buddha riding on a white elephant.	A smoking tiger with a rabbit next to him.
A lion like thing. I think it was supposed to be a stuffed animal on the floor in this little lantern scene with childen and a dog.	A turtle lantern.	Here is the scene of the children on the floor with a dog.	Another angle of the same scene.
A close up of the dog lantern.	One last angle of the children looking at the dog.	A buddha with an urn or vase.	A lantern of a little girl holding her baby brother waiting for her mother.
A tiger and leopard.	This one was impressive. A rearing tiger standing almost straight up clawing at the ceiling.	A large crouching tiger with cubs. This one was also very well made.	A close up of the tiger's face.
A side view of the tiger's face.	A close up of one of the tiger cubs.	A Buddha with a lotus.