Jeondeungsa

Oldest extant Buddhist temple in Korea

Jeondeungsa

Religion
Affiliation	Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism
Location
Location	37-41, Jeondeungsa-ro, Gilsang-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, South Korea
Country	South Korea
Jeondeungsa is located in South Korea Jeondeungsa Shown within South Korea
Geographic coordinates	37°37′55.1′′N 126°29′03.7′′E / 37.631972°N 126.484361°E / 37.631972; 126.484361

Korean name
Hangul	전등사
Hanja	傳燈寺
Revised Romanization	Jeondeungsa
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏndŭngsa

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]

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)

Inside Daeungjeon, the main worship hall (2013)
The Yaksajeon hall, where the Medicine Buddha is enshrined (2013)

The Yaksajeon hall, where the Medicine Buddha is enshrined (2013)
Monk and Templestay guests walk up a wooded path in the temple (2008)

Monk and Templestay guests walk up a wooded path in the temple (2008)
Temple courtyard (2020)

Temple courtyard (2020)
Wooden figure of a naked woman on the roof (2012)

Wooden figure of a naked woman on the roof (2012)
Inside one of the halls (2020)

Inside one of the halls (2020)

References

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^ Rose, Cathy Rose A.; Han, Sang-hee (3 July 2008). "Night at the Temple". The Korea Times . Retrieved 21 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Jeondeungsa". eng.templestay.com. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
^ "Touring Incheon's Buddhist temples". eng-itour.incheon.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
^ "Jeondeungsa Templestay program". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2018.