북경 → 대동 → 현공사
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택시를 타고 끊임없이 2시간을 달린뒤 현공사 부근의 거주마을을 찍은것이다
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끝없이 펼쳐진 산 비탈 사이에 있는 마을하나
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중국의 오지마을의 하나다
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교통도 불편하고 외부와 단절되어 있어 내부에서 고립된채 산촌 생활을 하고 있었다
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현공사(懸空寺)
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한자의 뜻풀이를 하면 공중에 매달린 절이란 뜻이다
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과연 매달리듯 절벽에 붙어 있는 모습은
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보는 이로 하여금 입이 절로 벌어지게 만든다
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어떻게 절벽에 이런것들을 만들수 있었을까 감탄도 나오고
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계곡...그리고 현공사 오르는 길
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고소공포증 있는사람이면 걸어가는동안 짜릿짜릿하고
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북경에서 기차나 버스로 세시간 거리에 따퉁(大同)이란 지역이 있다
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개인적으로는 밤에 타는 기차가 여행의 운치를 조금 더 느낄수 있는것 같다
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중국의 5악(五嶽) 중 북쪽에 위치한 항산(恒山. 해발 2016m)에는
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신비로운 사찰이 하나 있다
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깎아지른 절벽 한가운데에
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지름 10Cm 남짓한 기둥 18개가 건물을 받치고 선 모습이
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아찔하기만 한 현공사는 이름 그대로 ‘하늘에 걸려있는 사찰’이다
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현공사는 낭떠러지 암벽에 구멍을 뚫어 나무를 박고
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그 위에 건물을 세운 후 하중을 견디기 위해서
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몇 십 미터의 나무기둥으로 받침대를 세운 절묘한 건축기술을 보여준다
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무위(無爲)속에서 유유자적(悠悠自適)하는 신선처럼
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광활한 하늘을 떠인 듯 홀로 서 있는 현공사는
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오묘한 공백의 아름다움을 유감없이 보여준다
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1500여년 전, 북위의 도사(道士) 구겸지(寇謙之)는
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그의 제자인 이교(李皎)에게 공중에 사원을 건립하라는 유언을 남긴다
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이교(李皎)는 북위(北魏) 태화 15년 서기 491년에 현공사를 짓고
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지금의 현공사(懸空寺)가 아닌
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도교적 수식어를 사용한 현공사(玄空寺)로 이름하였다
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사찰 내부에 불상 외에 각종 도상(道像)이 함께 안치되어 있는 것을 보더라도
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이 사찰이 도교와 관련이 깊은 곳임을 알 수 있다
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현공사는 절벽에 위치한 까닭에 건물의 폭이 5m가 채 되지 않고
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좁다란 통로로 연결되어 있다
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하지만, 건물의 동수만 해도 40여개에 달하고
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그 중 3층으로 지어진 건물도 있으니
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그 웅장함은 경이롭기만 하다
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적막한 산 속, 깎아지른 듯한 절벽에서
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1500년이 넘는 긴 시간동안
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간고한 비바람을 이겨낼 수 있었던 힘은 무엇일까?
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심혈을 기울여 만든 불심
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그것이 오랜 시간을 지탱할 수 있게 한 원동력이 아니었을까?
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