Cheongpyeong-sa Temple

Cheongpyeong-sa Temple

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May 24th 2009
On a sunny Sunday afternoon wanting to get outside and explore we decided on the Cheongpyeongsa temple. I had been there just a week before on Teachers' Day and really enjoyed the 30 min hike from the parking lot to the temple. There is little online about directions to the temple and those that are available only give directions coming from Chuncheon. However it is possible to get to the temple f ... read more

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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