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Bongjeongsa (Korean: 봉정사) is a Korean Buddhist temple on the slopes of Mount Cheondeung in Andong city, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is a subsidiary temple of Gounsa, the head temple of the 16th branch of Jogye Order. [1] At 1,650 m²/17,760 ft², Bongjeongsa is the largest temple in Andong, and is the site of the oldest ...
Gurdwara Shri Singh Sabha Sahib (Korean: 구르두와라 시리 싱 사바 사헤브) is a gurdwara in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It was established on November 21, 2004. [1] As of 2023, [2] it is the only Sikh temple in the country. [3] The building has two floors, and is decorated with images of Sikh religious figures and ...
Buseoksa Temple (Korean: 부석사; Hanja: 浮石寺) is a Buddhist temple located near Mt. Bonghwang in Buseok-myeon, Yeongju City, Gyeongsangbuk-do, founded by the prominent scholar-monk Uisang in 676, the 16th year of Munmu of Silla. Buseoksa temple is also well known as the "Temple of the Floating Stone".
The temple saw renovations in the 19th and 20th centuries. [33] Archaeological Remains at the Hoeamsa Temple Site in Yangju City Gyeonggi: 2022 iii (cultural) The Hoeamsa Temple in Yangju was built between 1374 and 1376 upon earlier structures. It was a temple of Seon, a Korean branch of the Zen Buddhism.
Buddhist temples are an important part of the Korean landscape. Most Korean temples have names ending in -sa (Korean: 사; Hanja: 寺), which means "monastery" in Sino-Korean. Many temples participate in the Templestay program, where visitors can experience Buddhist culture and even stay at the temple overnight. [1]
Gyeongju Historic Areas (Korean: 경주 역사유적 지구) is a World Heritage Site in Gyeongju, South Korea that was designated by UNESCO in 2000. The protected areas encompass the ruins of temples and palaces, outdoor pagodas and statuary, and other cultural artifacts left by the Koreanic kingdom Silla (57 BC – 935 AD).
It is located in Gyeongju. The temple is recorded to have been built in 634 under the auspices of Queen Seondeok. [1] Today the temple is still used by a small group of worshipers but in its heyday, the temple covered several acres and was one of the four main temples of the Silla Kingdom used by the state to ask the Buddha to bless the kingdom ...
Wonga Temple or Wongaksa is a South Korean Buddhist temple on the Geumnam street in the Dong-gu district, Gwangju city. Situated in the downtown of the metropolitan city, this is a branch temple of the Songgwang temple in Suncheon and belongs to the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism .