"; ▁alternate : ▁H wa om ▁z h eng h ua ) ▁is ▁a ▁characteristic ▁type ▁of ▁ ▁Korean ▁Buddh ist ▁visual ▁art . ▁ ▁A ▁genre ▁of ▁Buddh ist ▁art , ▁the ▁paint ings ▁of ▁icons ▁can ▁be ▁on ▁h anging ▁scroll s , ▁or ▁fr amed ▁pictures , ▁or ▁wall - p aint ings . ▁T ' a eng h wa ▁may ▁be ▁small , ▁private ▁and ▁made ▁for ▁ind oor ▁display , ▁or ▁large ▁and ▁made ▁for ▁out door ▁display . ▁The ▁craft ▁is ▁considered ▁an ▁extension ▁of ▁an ▁earlier ▁tradition ▁of ▁m ural ▁painting . ▁There ▁are ▁no ▁manual s ▁that ▁describe ▁t ' a eng h wa ▁painting , ▁instead , ▁the ▁tradition ▁pres erves ▁its ▁models ▁through ▁paper ▁st enc ils . ▁Though ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁K ory o ▁era ▁t ' a eng h wa ▁are ▁held ▁in ▁Japanese ▁collections , ▁museum s ▁in ▁Berlin , ▁Boston , ▁and ▁C ologne ▁carry ▁some ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁t ' a eng h wa ▁tradition ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Buddh ist ▁her itage ▁that ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁Korean ▁Pen ins ula ▁during ▁the ▁Three ▁Kingdom s ▁period . ▁The ▁earliest ▁paint ings ▁to ▁surv ive ▁date ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 3 th ▁century , ▁late ▁K ory o ▁dynast y . ▁The ▁early ▁t ' a eng h wa ▁tradition ▁followed ▁the ▁norm s ▁of ▁Central ▁Asian ▁and ▁Chinese ▁trad itions ▁with ▁regard ▁to ▁icon ▁mod elling ▁and ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁st enc