Songgwang Temple
 
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© John Holstein 2006
 
Songgwangsa is in South Cheolla Province.
Read the chapter on Songgwangsa in Tales from the Temples: A Look into the Korean Heart, by Hwang You Jeong, Seoul: Wow Image Book, 2002; trans. Brian Barry.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The monks' quarters.
 
 
 
 
In Dae-ung-jeon, the main hall.
 
 
 
 
A good example of how tastefully the authorities are modernizing the countryside. These shops, kept a good distance from the temple grounds, are all centralized in just three spacious buildings of traditional architecture. Ten years ago there were a mess of small, shabby shops spread far and wide at the entrance to the temple.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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