changsung (wooden or stone pole carved with a human face and placed at the entrance of a korean village or temple to frighten aw

  • 1changsŭng — ▪ Korean religion       (Korean: “long life”), wooden or stone pole carved with a human face and placed at the entrance (and sometimes to the north, south, east, and west) of a Korean village or temple to frighten away evil spirits. Among rice… …

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