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Stories and Photos of Bongeunsa Temple in Seoul

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Year Visited: 2014 – June

I visited Seoul, South Korea while living and working in Shanghai. It was a short five days trip, so we made Seoul our base and travelled around the country. While in Seoul, we visited the Bongeunsa Temple, a large beautiful, 1200+ years old Buddhist temple, located in Gangnam-gu, one of the wealthiest neighborhood of Seoul.  The temple has impressive array of Buddhist buildings and sculptures, and it provides a quiet resting and pray place to tourists and locals alike in middle of skyscrapers and shopping malls.

Photots below are of beautiful Bongeunsa Temple.

Welcome to the Bongeunsa Temple.
Beautiful gate to the parking lot of the Bongeunsa Temple.
One of many restored buildings of the Bongeunsa Temple.
The main building of the Bongeunsa Temple.
Beautiful and colorful wood work at the Bongeunsa Temple.
Beautiful and colorful wood work at the Bongeunsa Temple.
Beautiful and colorful roof at the Bongeunsa Temple.
Beautiful and colorful wood work at the Bongeunsa Temple.
Beautiful and colorful roof at the Bongeunsa Temple.
Thousands of white lanterns.
The Bongeunsa Templestay is a program in which you can experience Buddhist tradition through the monastic daily life and purify your mind and body. 
At the Bongeunsa Temple
High-rise buildings of Gangnam-gu from the Bongeunsa Temple.

Go back to Seoul.

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In May 2017, 23 days before I was going to complete 50 years, grabbed an opportunity and took an early retirement.. Picked up a backpack and traveling ever since.. Love to travel around the world, experience different culture, local cuisine & drinks .. and take pictures.. so far been to 108 countries and still counting...

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