Daeheungsa Temple
대흥사
A thousand-year-old temple deep in the Duryunsan mountains of Haenam, listed in 2018 as part of the World Heritage site 'Korean Buddhist Mountain Monasteries' and a sacred site of Korean tea culture.
Daeheungsa sits deep in Mount Duryun in Haenam County. Legend says it was founded in the Silla period. During the Joseon period it became a major center of Seon and doctrinal Buddhism after relics of Great Master Seosan were enshrined here. In 2018 it was inscribed as one of the 'Korean Buddhist Mountain Monasteries', a World Cultural Heritage site. A roughly 4 km shaded path called Gugok Jangchun ('Nine Bends, Eternal Spring') follows the stream upward. The temple grounds include the Hall of a Thousand Buddhas, the Pyochung Shrine, and Ilji-am, the hermitage of Monk Choui, a sacred site of Korean tea culture. Admission is about 4,000 won. A cable car up Duryunsan offers views over the sea of islands. It is about 1 hour's drive from Mokpo.
Opening hours
Approx. 06:00–19:00
Nearby sights
- Ttangkkeut Village
- Jindo Miracle Sea Road
- Wolchulsan National Park
- Uldolmok (Myeongnyang Strait)
- Mokpo Floating Music Fountain
- Gatbawi Rock
- National Maritime Museum (Mokpo)
- Mokpo Natural History Museum