There was a room where Buddha statues made in Goryeo dynasty were gathered. As I explained, Goryeo dynasty was founded on the basis of Buddhism. At that time, Buddhism was a kind of ideology unifying Korean people who were divided as a result of the weakness of Shilla dynasty.
Shilla dynasty had survived more than 1000 years. And at the very last years, Shilla kingdom had lost the control power over her territory. So the local powerful generals tried to build their own kingdom.
Wang Geon was the last victor of the civil war. After defeating his enemies, he used Buddhism as a mean of integrating people who had fought each other.
Buddha statue was originated from the Gandara area in India. In the process of transfer, each culture seemed to add their cultural characteristics in making statues.
So those Buddha statues seemed to show well the culture of Goryeo dynasty.
Below are Goryeo dynasty’s Buddha statues.
The Korean National Museum exhibited the Buddha statues of Song Dynasty of China to compare the characteristics each other.
Did you think about the differences between Goryeo and Song dynasty ?