Jeondeungsa

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]

Jeondeungsa
Religion
Affiliation	Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism
Location
Location	37-41, Jeondeungsa-ro, Gilsang-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, South Korea
Country	South Korea
Shown within South Korea
Geographic coordinates	37°37′55.1″N 126°29′03.7″E
Korean name
Hangul	전등사
Hanja	傳燈寺
Revised Romanization	Jeondeungsa
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏndŭngsa

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

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

External links

• Jeondeungsa temple official website