• Koguryo and Balhae
  • Great Tomb of Gangseo
The Second Stone Prop of the Southern Wall (Side - Detailed view of the immortal)
TitleThe Second Stone Prop of the Southern Wall (Side - Detailed view of the immortal)
The Second Stone Prop of the Southern Wall (Side - Detailed view of the immortal)
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This is a detailed view of an immortal depicted on the second stone prop of the southern wall in the Great Tomb of Gangseo. General characteristics of traditional immortal iconography include the following: ① Reliance on external modes of transportation such as dragons or cranes. ② Riding on clouds. ③ Sprouting wings. ④ Wearing Winged Clothes. ⑤ Long ears. ⑥ Wearing pointed shoes.
The immortals in the image are dressed in Winged Clothes (clothing worn by immortals with the ends of the hems split like bird wings), coinciding with ④ in the list of traditional immortal iconography. The brown upper garments feature wide sleeves, and the split legs of the white pants are reminiscent of bird wings. The barefooted immortals are depicted to be flying effortlessly with wide-open arms and bent legs. The waistbands on the front of the upper garments are flapping like long ribbons in the wind. The image portrays immortals as being unconstrained by any forces in the common world.

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