tourist attractions in gyeongsangbuk-do, south korea

Huibangsa Temple Yeongju

Huibangsa Temple Yeongju

Huibangsa Temple is a temple located at an altitude of 850 meters in a valley south of Yeonhwabong Peak within Sobaeksan National Park. Founded in ...

Buseoksa Temple Unesco World Heritage

Buseoksa Temple Unesco World Heritage

Golgulsa Temple Gyeongju

Golgulsa Temple Gyeongju

Golgulsa Temple is a temple located within the Hamwolsan Mountain, situated between Gyeongju City and the East Sea. With a history of over 1,500 ye...

Manbulsa Temple Yeongcheon

Manbulsa Temple Yeongcheon

Situated on Manbulsan Mountain in Yeongcheon-si, Manbulsa Temple is renowned for housing the largest collection of Buddha statues in Korea. The tem...

Haeunsa Temple Gumi

Haeunsa Temple Gumi

Haeunsa Temple, nestled on the slopes of Geumosan Mountain in Gumi, offers convenient access owing to the opening of the Geumosan cable car. Origin...

Dorisa Temple Gumi

Dorisa Temple Gumi

Dorisa Temple, established in 417 as the earliest temple of the Silla dynasty on Naengsan Mountain, is steeped in legend. It's said that even in wi...

Bongjeongsa Temple Unesco World Heritage

Bongjeongsa Temple Unesco World Heritage

Bongjeongsa Temple is believed to have been built in 672 by the Great Buddist Monk Uisang. However, other documents seem to state that Neungin Daed...

Daejeonsa Temple

Daejeonsa Temple

Daejeonsa Temple is said to have been built by Great Monk Uisang in the 12th year of King Munmu’s reign (672). It was rebuilt in the 13th yea...

Girimsa Temple

Girimsa Temple

Girimsa Temple is located in Hamwolsan Mountain in Yangbuk-myeon, Gyeongju. The temple was built in the Silla Era and, with 16 buildings, is the se...

Bonghwa Cheongnyangsa Temple

Bonghwa Cheongnyangsa Temple

Located in Cheongnyangsan Mountain Provincial Park, Cheongnyangsa Temple was built by the great monk Wonhyo in 663, the 3rd year of King Munmu of t...

Uljin Bulyeongsa Temple

Uljin Bulyeongsa Temple

Bulyeongsa Temple, located at the western foot of Cheonchuksan Mountain in Uljin, Gyeongsangbuk-do, was built during the Silla period. ‘Bulyeongsa’...

Yeongcheon Eunhaesa Temple

Yeongcheon Eunhaesa Temple

Eunhaesa Temple, located on Palgongsan Mountain in Yeongcheon city, Gyeongsangbuk-do, is one of two major temples on the mountain along with Donghw...

Gyeongsan Seonbonsa Temple

Gyeongsan Seonbonsa Temple

Seonbonsa Temple is a centrally administered temple of the Jogye Order. It was originally built in 491 by Geukdal, and later repaired in 1641. The ...

Unmunsa Temple

Unmunsa Temple

Unmunsa Temple in Cheongdo, Gyeongsangbuk-do belongs to Cheongdo-gun in terms of administrative district. However, it is actually more closely conn...

Yeongju Birosa Temple

Yeongju Birosa Temple

Birosa Temple is located at the southern foot of Birobong, the highest peak of Sobaeksan Mountain. It was founded by revered Buddhist monk Uisang D...

Sangju Cheongnyongsa Temple

Sangju Cheongnyongsa Temple

Cheongnyongsa Temple in Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do is located atop the sheer cliff of Birobong Peak. The city of Sangju is in fact famous for its man...

Mungyeong Daeseungsa Temple

Mungyeong Daeseungsa Temple

Situated on Sabulsan Mountain, Daeseungsa Temple is a beautiful building, rich in history. The name of the mountain on which the temple was built w...

Dangganjiju Flagpole Supports In Unheung-dong And Five-story Brick Pagoda Dongbu-dong

Dangganjiju Flagpole Supports In Unheung-dong And Five-story Brick Pagoda Dongbu-dong

In Dongbu-dong, there is a 8.35 meters (27 4/10 feet) high brick pagoda from the Unified Silla Kingdom Period (AD 654-935). Each brick is 27.5 cm (...

Choamsa Temple - Yeongju

Choamsa Temple - Yeongju

In search of a great place to build a Buddhist Temple invoking national security, Great Monk Uisang travelled around the country and reached this p...

Bogyungsa Temple

Bogyungsa Temple

Bogyeongsa Temple in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do rest with Jungnamsan Mountain in the background, surrounded by the peaks of Naeyeonsan Mountain. The ...