Wednesday 5 October 2011

Naksan Buddhist Temple (Naksansa)

Last weekend I visited a famous Buddhist temple in Naksan, Gangwondo, South Korea. My friends had been there before, but I hadn't. It is a sprawling complex, mostly on hills and a cliff overlooking the East Sea. The entire place was burned down a number of years ago in a forest fire, so almost everything you see here has been painstakingly rebuilt, and quite wonderfully so. Naksansa is very popular, and it was crowded on the Saturday that we visited. Some of the views are beautiful! I already want to go back.
























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