| Myogilsang Buddhist statue | |
 View of the carving. | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 묘길상 |
| Hanja | 妙吉祥 |
| RR | Myogilsang |
| MR | Myogilsang |
The Myogilsang Buddhist statue is a carved Bodhisattva located in the Grand Miruk Cliff in Manphok Valley,Inner Kumgang,North Korea. Dating from the Koryo period,it is 15 metres high and 9.4 metres wide. [1] The statue was once part of a larger temple dedicated to Manjushri (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) that was laid to waste in the late-Choson period,leaving only the carving. A painting dated 1768 in the National Museum of Korea in Seoul shows the carving inside the temple. [2]
It is the largest Buddhist stone image in Korea. [3]
The statue was visited by 150 tourists in 2007 as part of a pilot project to open the area to tourism from South Korea. [4]