Geumnyongsa Temple (Jeju)

Geumnyongsa Temple in Jeju began as a Buddhist prayer hall (yeombuldang) founded in 1930 by the laywoman Kim Yeon-hwa. After she spent about fifty years honoring the spirit of her younger brother Deogam, who had become a lonely young soul, the prayer hall and living quarters had fallen nearly into ruin. She then met the monk Jajae Hyeondo, and through this connection the temple was transformed, beginning with the construction of the main hall (Daeungjeon) in 1975. The main hall enshrines Sakyamuni Buddha as the principal image, with Avalokitesvara and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattvas flanking it on the left and right. The hall contains a total of seven Buddhist hanging paintings (taenghwa): the rear Buddha painting, the guardian deities painting, the Big Dipper painting, the solitary sage painting, the mountain spirit painting, the Ksitigarbha painting, and the spirit altar painting. These works were completed in 1979 by the monk Seokjeong, holder of Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 48.

(Source: Jeju Culture & Tourism website)

Details

Admission fee

Free (experience fee separate)

Accessible travel information

Machine-translated from Korean.

Mobility

Public transport

대중교통 이용 가능 : 동성동[남]
저상버스 없음.

Entrance passage

출입통로 형태 : 상시 개방형출입통로가 넓어 휠체어, 전동 스쿠터 사용자 진입 쉬움.