Gangwon
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Places in this collection
TempleJeongamsa
- Protection & Safety
A relic sanctuary where Jajang is said to have enshrined the Buddha’s skull bone, a tooth and a hundred relics, with a National Treasure stupa on the slope behind.
TempleHongryeonam
- Wish Fulfillment
A hermitage built where Uisang is said to have met Avalokiteśvara, its hall raised so the sea can be seen moving beneath the floor.
TempleSangwonsa
- Health & Healing
A temple on Odaesan founded in 705, at the centre of the mountain’s Manjushri devotion, and known for the story that King Sejo met the bodhisattva here as a boy and was healed.
TempleBongjeongam
- Protection & Safety
A hermitage on Sosecheongbong in Seoraksan, one of the five relic sanctuaries, holding relics Jajang is said to have brought back.
Sacred MountainTaebaeksan Cheonjedan
- Miscellaneous
A stone altar for heaven rites on the summit, where a rite is offered each National Foundation Day and where the state has sacrificed since Silla.
TempleJeongmyeol-bogung, Odaesan
- Protection & Safety
A relic hall on the middle terrace of Odaesan with no buddha image inside, because the Buddha’s own relics are enshrined there.
ShrineDaegwallyeong Seonghwangsa and Sansingak
- Health & Healing
- Protection & Safety
A mountain-god shrine at the top of the Daegwallyeong pass, whose deity is recorded as presiding over farming, illness, drought and the road.