Daegu
Donghwasa, on the southern flank of Palgongsan, is the temple that stands for Daegu. Together with Gatbawi on the far side of the same mountain, the whole massif has long been treated as a place to pray.
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TempleDonghwasa
A temple on Palgongsan founded by Simji, renamed Donghwasa because paulownia bloomed all around it.
TemplePagyesa, Palgongsan
The temple where a king’s robe came out of an Avalokitesvara statue.
TempleBuinsa, Palgongsan
Where the woodblocks of the first Tripitaka, brought here for safety, were entirely destroyed in the Mongol invasion of 1232.
TempleYongyeonsa, Biseulsan
Where a portion of Tongdosa’s Buddha relics, evacuated during the Imjin War, was taken in on the journey back.
TempleDaegyeonsa, Biseulsan
A site that went to ruin in 1917 and became a temple again in 2014.
TempleEunjeoksa, Apsan
Built at the cave where Wang Geon hid for three days, and named with the characters for hiding and for traces.
TempleBukjijangsa, Palgongsan
A temple where a building’s true name lay in its own ridge-beam record for more than two hundred and fifty years before a repair uncovered it.
TempleNamjijangsa, Choejeongsan
Called south because it stands opposite Bukjijangsa on Palgongsan.