This image, provided by the Cultural Heritage Administration, shows Gongju Magoksa Five-story Stone Pagoda. (PHOTO NOT FOR ...
Eight brick columns decorated with dragon patterns stand at the corners of the pagoda. The name of the pagoda -- Yong'anwanshoo Pagoda -- is inscribed on the stone headpiece of the southern arch.
The later celebrated Chinese architect Liang Sicheng praised the design of the pagoda as having musical rhythm and as being a masterpiece of ancient architectural design.
He named the sake Konoma, which means between trees, the following month and wrote the name in bold brushstrokes, which are featured on the label. The pagoda will be open to the public from 9 a.m ...