Gyeongsang
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Places in this collection
TempleHaeinsa
- Protection & Safety
The temple holding the Tripitaka Koreana, cut out of a national wish to repel the Mongols, and the hall that has kept it.
TempleSeokguram
- Family & Home
A stone grotto begun in 751 by Kim Dae-seong for his parents in a former life, paired with Bulguksa, which he built for his parents in this one.
TempleTongdosa
- Protection & Safety
The first of the five relic sanctuaries, whose main hall enshrines no buddha because it faces the relics behind it.
Historic SiteTomb of King Munmu
- Protection & Safety
The tomb of King Munmu of Silla, set on a rock in the sea because he willed to become a dragon and guard the East Sea.
TempleGatbawi
- Exams & Study
- Wish Fulfillment
A Unified Silla stone Buddha seated on the summit of Gwanbong on Palgongsan, and the busiest prayer site in the country in the weeks before the university entrance exam.
TempleBoriam
- Wish Fulfillment
An Avalokiteśvara prayer site on the slope of Geumsan, counted with Hongryeonam and Bomunsa among Korea’s three great sites.
Historic SiteMungyeong Saejae
- Exams & Study
The highest and hardest pass on the road from the southeast to the capital, with three gates strung along six and a half kilometres.
Natural SiteHahoe Samsindang Tree
- Family & Home
A zelkova over six hundred years old at the centre of Hahoe village, the shrine of Samsin, the deity who grants children.