KOREA
- images of SORAKSAN - 2 -
Page initiated: 2021-11-13
Page updated and finished: 2021-11-14
Now a series of images from Chipsonbong / Kwonkumsong in sunshine - - -
Very different from the above cloud- and mist pictures.
Shinghung-sa
Now some pictures of the most important temple site in Sorak-san, - the Shinghung-sa - , placed in a stunning setting -
This pagoda does not look like much, but actually it is the original pagoda from the first Zen Buddhist temple complex built at this site way back in year 652,- and as mentioned in the beginning of this chapter-, Zen Buddhism is still taught in the present days Shinhungsa temple, making it the oldest zen temple in the world.
Not even in China you can find anything that comes near,- not by many centuries!
The buildings of the original temple from 652 does not exist anymore,- they have burned several times, last time in 1645 -, and after that, the temple was rebuilt at the present location not far from the old pagoda.