ㅇStarting from Tuesday, September 6

ㅇVenue: Buddhist Painting Gallery of the Calligraphy and Painting section (2F)

ㅇExhibition: A Collection of 20 Works including the “Ten Kings of the Underworld”

The National Museum of Korea presents a new collection of Buddhist paintings under the title of Buddhist Paintings in the Hall of the Underworld. Called “Myeongbujeon” in Korean, the Hall of the Underworld shows the world of the dead that is ruled by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who saves cursed spirits from hell and the Ten Kings who judge the dead who have fallen into hell. This exhibition of Buddhist art presents the paintings of the Buddhist underworld that have been collected by the National Museum of Korea. The paintings include the savior of the dead spirits and the Ten Judges. 

These paintings of the Buddhist underworld are expected to offer visitors an opportunity to understand the Buddhist view of the world after death and the wishes of the Korean people in the past to save the spirits of their loved ones from the pains of hell and to guide them to heaven where they will be reborn and relish everlasting youth.