One of the temple buildings

My first temple!-Week 5

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May 9th 2009
Today was membership training-aka a teacher retreat. The Oedae gang piled into a school van and we headed out to the Jeondeungsa temple. This was the first temple I have been to in Korea. I loved it. It was so pretty. There was so much history on those grounds, and yet I feel I know nothing about the temple. I will say it has made me more curious about Buddhism and its history. I really enj ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Incheon

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more