Today, I sent this beautiful postcard of a Zen temple called "Kinkakuji" or Golden Pavilion, to a girl in Russia for a private swap via Postcrossing. One of her wish list was temples, so I picked this one for her. I hope she will like it. :)
Kinkakuji is located in Kyoto which used to be the imperial capital of Japan for over 1,000 years. The temple was the retirement villa of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1409), and after his death it became Zen temple. The temple is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. I've been to Kinkakuji several times and love it especially in autumn with the beautiful maple leaves. Last time when I visited there was in early May in 2010, and this picture was taken at that time. Now I just noticed that the colour of the roofs are different from those in the postcard. Maybe they had some restorations of the temple.
The day I visited there was a bit hot, but when I walked into the temple and saw Kinkakuji standing by the pond surrounded by the beautiful nature, I felt it was cool as if the temperature dropped 2-3 degrees. It was a nice calm atmosphere. :) I've never been there in winter time, so next time I'd love to visit there in winter to see the temple covered with snow!
ロシアの女性にプライベートスワップの絵葉書を送りました。希望カードに「お寺」があったので、金閣寺のカードにしました。金閣寺は、京都にあり、室町幕府第三代将軍足利義満(1368~1394)の別荘として建てられた後、義満の死後、禅寺となりました。金閣寺は「古都京都の文化財」の一つとして世界文化遺産に登録されています。金閣寺は何度か訪れていますが、秋の紅葉の時期が一番好きです。最後に金閣寺を訪れたのは2010年5月。写真はその時のものです。その日は少し蒸し暑かったのですが、水面に浮かぶ金閣寺を目にすると不思議と気温が数度下がったような、なんだか涼しげだったのを覚えています。今度は冬の金閣寺を訪れてみたいです。
↓いつもありがとうございます。押していただけると励みになります☆
にほんブログ村
That's a beautiful temple. I'm sure she like this card. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. :) Hope she will!
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