Hilarious! Seven bears as caryatids firmly advocate the composition of the facade, as Ramasseum of Luxor (13th century BC) or as Erechtheion of Athens (421 BC). Osiris is an Egyptian god of the afterlife; the Osiride pillars have reason to stand in front of the temple. Holy maidens came from the temple of Artemis, one of the 12 Olympians in Greek mythology. How about the bears? The name of King Arthur is etymologically related to the bear, but in Korea, no one minds that.
Traditionally, the bear is regarded as rather a female signification; Korean myth designate a bear as the mother of the first king of the history. Seven is a fortunate number in Korea, unlike in China or in Japan. Easy to put a center and three each side, that number is always welcome to arrange something. The days of a week, the notes of a scale in music and even the dwarfs are seven. Looking further, it is fairly noticeable that each bear has a different object in hands: a book, a palette, a pencil, a fork, a doll and a toy train, as the kids do.
This building is principally used for the ceremony of marriage. A building designed for that purpose could be somewhat strange, but it is commonly practiced in Korea. Michael Graves designed the Team Disney The Michael D. Eisner Building of Burbank to make the company executives smile on their way to work. This building is designed to make the wedding couples and the well-wishers smile at those very moments of lives. It looks unthoughtful and kitsch, but no one minds there.
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