Jeondeungsa (Korean: 전등사) is a Buddhist temple located on Ganghwa Island, Incheon, South Korea. It is the oldest extant Buddhist temple in the entire Korean peninsula,[1][2] having been founded in the year 381, during the Goguryeo period.[3]

The entirety of the temple is located within the Samnang Fortress [ko].[2]

Jeondeungsa participates in the Templestay program, in which visitors can stay at the temple and experience Buddhist culture.[4]

Gallery

  • Inside Daeungjeon, the main worship hall (2013)
    Inside Daeungjeon, the main worship hall (2013)
  • The Yaksajeon hall, where the Medicine Buddha is enshrined (2013)
    The Yaksajeon hall, where the Medicine Buddha is enshrined (2013)
  • Monk and Templestay guests walk up a wooded path in the temple (2008)
    Monk and Templestay guests walk up a wooded path in the temple (2008)
  • Temple courtyard (2020)
    Temple courtyard (2020)
  • Wooden figure of a naked woman on the roof (2012)
    Wooden figure of a naked woman on the roof (2012)
  • Inside one of the halls (2020)
    Inside one of the halls (2020)

References

  1. ^ Rose, Cathy Rose A.; Han, Sang-hee (3 July 2008). "Night at the Temple". The Korea Times. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Jeondeungsa". eng.templestay.com. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Touring Incheon's Buddhist temples". eng-itour.incheon.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Jeondeungsa Templestay program". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

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