Bongeunsa (Temple)

Bongeunsa

Address : Bongeunsa, 531, Bongeunsa-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
(02-3218-4800)

Public transport :
-Subway : Line number 9 (Bongeunsa station)
-Bus : 3412, 3411, 2415, 351, N61, 143

Bongeunsa was the only landmark of Gangnam in the old days, and now here is representative tourist attraction and here keeps alive the traditional ways of the traditional temple with status of 1000 years historical consideration as a heart of global town Gangnam. 

Today, Bongeunsa started to make "Bongeun historical park" that shows off the features of city park and historical culture space. Bongeunsa will be reformed to more empathize with local community and here will be world-wide Buddhism beyond Gangnam Buddhism and Korean Buddhism.

Here is the entrance of Bongeunsa. The name of this door is "Jinyeo door" and it means "the way to truth".

Sarah was interested in the 4 heavenly kings behind the door and the words "Ip chun dae gil" that mean "wish for excellent luck onset of spring".

And there was a store that people could buy an amulet. Sarah bought "health amulet" while she prayed for her health.

She went inside of sanctuary and prayed devoutly.

She wondered about the story of pictures on the wall and had a close look as well.

Sarah was not Buddhism, but she really enjoyed visiting Buddhism sites.

She said, she wants to come to Korea again.

Sarah(58.F) is from England and she had intermittent headaches, face and neck pain aching & burning, post nasal drainage / musculoskeletal discomfort / unexplained bruising.

After receiving ACDF(Anterior Cervical Discectomy Fusion) and PELA((Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Annuloplasty) on Jan 27th in Wooridul Hospital, she is getting better. 6 days later, she toured near Wooridul Hospital with English coordinators.

Thank you for cooperation, Sarah. Take care ! :)