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Religious Site Attractions In Gyeongsangnam-do

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South Gyeongsang Province is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. There is UNESCO World Heritage Site Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple that houses the Tripitaka Koreana and attracts many tourists. Automobile and petrochemical factories are largely concentrated along the southern part of the province, extending from Ulsan through Busan, Changwon, and Jinju.
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Religious Site Attractions In Gyeongsangnam-do

  • 1. Tongdosa Temple Yangsan
    Tongdosa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism and in the southern part of Mt. Chiseosan near Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Tongdosa is one of the Three Jewels Temples and represents Gautama Buddha. Tongdosa is famous because there are no statues outside of the Buddha at the temple because the real shrines of the Buddha are preserved at Tongdosa. Courtyards at the temple are arrayed around several pagodas that house the Buddha's relics.
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  • 3. Pyochungsa Temple Miryang
    Pyochungsa, originally Jungnimsa, is a Korean Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It stands on the slopes of Jaeyaksan mountain near Cheonhwangsan in the Yeongnam Alps in Danjang-myeon, northern Miryang, South Korea. Pyochungsa was first established by Wonhyo in 654 under the name Jungnimsa. It was rebuilt at its present location by Hwangmyeon in 857, in the reign of the Silla king Heungdeok. In the Goryeo period, the National Preceptor Iryeon gathered more than a thousand monks there. After Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea in the late 16th century, the temple was renamed Pyochuongsa in honor of Songun Yu Jeong, the monk who led various righteous armies against the Japanese. The Pyochuong Seowon, the only seowon located within the grounds of a Buddhist temple, was also con...
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  • 7. Bulguksa Temple Gyeongju
    Bulguksa is located on the slopes of Mount Toham . It is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism and encompasses seven National treasures of South Korea, including the Dabotap and Seokgatap stone pagodas, Cheongun-gyo , and two gilt-bronze statues of Buddha. The temple is classified as Historic and Scenic Site No. 1 by the South Korean government. In 1995, Bulguksa was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List together with the Seokguram Grotto, which lies four kilometers to the east. The temple is considered as a masterpiece of the golden age of Buddhist art in the Silla kingdom. It is currently the head temple of the 11th district of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. Among the earliest woodblock prints in the world, a version of the Dharani sutra dated between 704 and 751 was...
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  • 9. Hwaeomsa Temple Gurye Gun
    Hwaeomsa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is located on the slopes of Jirisan, in Masan-myeon, Gurye County, in the province of South Jeolla Province, South Korea.
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  • 11. Daewonsa Temple Sancheong Gun
    Daewonsa is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.
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