Gyeonggi
Yongjusa in Hwaseong is the temple King Jeongjo rebuilt in memory of his father; Yeonjudae in Gwacheon sits on a rock ledge at the summit of Gwanaksan. Two places close to Seoul and unlike each other in every other respect.
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TempleBongseonsa, Unaksan
Rebuilt at eighty-nine kan by a queen, to guard the tomb of the king she had lost.
TempleSilleuksa, Bongmisan
The temple where the only surviving Goryeo brick pagoda in Korea stands.
TempleYongmunsa, Yongmunsan
The temple whose courtyard ginkgo was granted an office by King Sejong of Joseon.
TempleChiljangsa, Chilhyeonsan
- Exams & Study
The mountain and the temple are both named for seven robbers who became seven sages.
Historic SiteHoeamsa Temple Site, Cheonbosan
The site of a temple of two hundred and sixty-six kan, modelled on Nalanda and long since abandoned.
TempleSujongsa, Ungilsan
Named because what a king took for a bell in the night turned out to be dripping water in a cave.
TempleYongjusa
- Family & Home
The temple King Jeongjo refounded beside his father’s grave, holding the woodblocks of the sutra on what children owe their parents.
TempleBogwangsa, Goryeongsan
- Family & Home
The temple King Yeongjo attached to the tomb of the woman who bore him.
TempleYeonjudae
A hermitage at the cliff edge on Gwanaksan, named for men who climbed here to look toward the fallen capital and weep.