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Ssanggyesa Temple

Ssanggyesa Temple (130) Temple Landscape

Ssanggyesa Temple (131) Temple Landscape

Ssanggyesa Temple (132) Temple Landscape

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Ssanggyesa Temple (137) Temple Residence

Ssanggyesa Temple (138) Temple Residence

Ssanggyesa Temple (139) Temple Landscape, floers

Ssanggyesa Temple (140) Temple Residence, pump and water trough

Ssanggyesa Temple (141) Temple Landscape

Ssanggyesa Temple (142) Temple Landscape, morning sun

Ssanggyesa Temple (143) Temple Landscape

Ssanggyesa Temple (144) Roof tiles

Ssanggyesa Temple (145) Temple monument

Ssanggyesa Temple (146) Temple Monument, detail

Ssanggyesa Temple (9) Temple Landscape

Ssanggyesa Temple (11) Temple Landscape, bamboo

Ssanggyesa Temple (17) Buddha Hall

Ssanggyesa Temple (18) Door hinge

Ssanggyesa Temple (19) roof tile with writing

Ssanggyesa Temple (20) roof tiles with writing

Ssanggyesa Temple (21) Buddha Hall

Ssanggyesa Temple (22) Temple Landscape

Ssanggyesa Temple (23) Temple Landscape

Ssanggyesa Temple (24) Lantern on Tile

Ssanggyesa Temple (25) Ancient pagoda

Ssanggyesa Temple (26) Temple Hall with Bell

Ssanggyesa Temple (27) Temple Hall with Bell

Ssanggyesa Temple (28) Temple Hall with Bell

Ssanggyesa Temple (29) Temple landscape

Ssanggyesa Temple (30) Temple landscape, long stairway

Ssanggyesa Temple (31) Large Hall near residential buildings

Ssanggyesa Temple (32) Temple Landscape with long stairway

Ssanggyesa Temple (33) Large Hall near residnetial buildings

Ssanggyesa Temple (34) Temple Residences

Ssanggyesa Temple (35) Temple landscape, Flowers

Ssanggyesa Temple (36) Temple Residences

Ssanggyesa Temple (37) Temple Residences

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Ssanggyesa Temple (39) Temple Residences

Ssanggyesa Temple (40) Small Pavilion with paintings

Ssanggyesa Temple (41) Small Pavilion with paintings

Ssanggyesa Temple (42) Small Pavilion with paintings

Ssanggyesa Temple (43) Temple Residences

Ssanggyesa Temple (44) Temple Residences

Ssanggyesa Temple (45) Small pavilion with paintings

Ssanggyesa Temple (46) Temple wood floor

Ssanggyesa Temple (47) Pavilion interior painted ceiling

Ssanggyesa Temple (48) Temple Residences

Ssanggyesa Temple (49) Pavilion

Ssanggyesa Temple (50) Temple Residences

Ssanggyesa Temple (51) Temple landscape

Ssanggyesa Temple (52) Temple landscape, roots

Ssanggyesa Temple (53) Temple landscape, roots

Ssanggyesa Temple (54) Temple landscape, roots

Ssanggyesa Temple (55) Temple landscape, roots

Ssanggyesa Temple (56) Temple Landscape

Ssanggyesa Temple (57) Temple Landscape

Ssanggyesa Temple (58) Temple Residence with clocke

Ssanggyesa Temple (59) Temple landscape with hydranga

Ssanggyesa Temple (60) Temple Landscape, flowers B&W

Ssanggyesa Temple (61) Temple Residence

Ssanggyesa Temple (62) pavilion doorway

Ssanggyesa Temple (64) Temple landscape with long stairway

Ssanggyesa Temple (65) Temple Grounds

Ssanggyesa Temple (66) Temple Grounds

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Ssanggyesa Temple (71) Well

Ssanggyesa Temple (72) Temple Grounds

Ssanggyesa Temple (73) Large Hall, drying mountain vegetables

Ssanggyesa Temple (74) Temple Grounds with long stairway and decorations

Ssanggyesa Temple (75) Temple Grounds

Ssanggyesa Temple (76) Temple Grounds

Ssanggyesa Temple (77) Main complex

Ssanggyesa Temple (78) Main complex, wall

Ssanggyesa Temple (79) Main complex

Ssanggyesa Temple (80) Main complex

Ssanggyesa Temple (81) Main complex

Ssanggyesa Temple (82) Main complex

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Ssanggyesa Temple (84) Main complex

Ssanggyesa Temple (85) Main complex, woman praying

Ssanggyesa Temple (86) Main complex

Ssanggyesa Temple (88) Main complex

Ssanggyesa Temple (89) Main complex, stelae honoring Buddhist monk

Ssanggyesa Temple (91) Main complex

Ssanggyesa Temple (92) Main complex

Ssanggyesa Temple (93) Main complex, with ancient stelae

Ssanggyesa Temple (94) Main complex, detail of craved writing

Ssanggyesa Temple (95) Main complex

Ssanggyesa Temple (96) Main complex

Ssanggyesa Temple (97) Main complex

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Ssanggyesa Temple Tea Plants (104)

Ssanggyesa Temple, Tea Plants (105)

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Miscellaneous images on the road to and from the Temple.

Ssanggyesa Temple is located on the southern reaches of Mount Jirisan. The temple was founded during the Silla Dynasty, circa 723. In the middle 9th Century, tea was introduced from China for the first time in the valleys nearby. The green tea is still ground here on the hillsides and flat lands along the river bottom along the road from Hadong. Destroyed during the Imjin War, 1592-97, the temple has been restored and it is one of the most picturesque temples in all of Korea, set in a narrowing valley, with many of the temple buildings arranged in mini-compounds on the hillside above the main courtyard.

The road from Hadong is a beautiful ride, and the last 6 km are designated as a scenic road bordered with 60-year-old cherry trees, basically from Hwagye Market, where the road splits, and up to Ssanggyesa Temple. From the main road the walk is uphill to the main path that leads to the three primary gates leading into the temple complex. Above the Temple, about two hours hike, is the tallest waterfall in Korea.

The pictures below are of the Temple landscape, the Temple residence buildings, the main complex, and miscellaneous images of smaller pavilion groups located in the hills around the main Temple grounds. This Temple also has three main gates and details of the gates, the guardian figures, and the progress up the hillside through the gates toward the main Temple is shown here to get an idea of the entrance into the complex.

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The path from the main road to the Temple.

Gallery - One, The Three Gates

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