Cultural heritage in Goyang
five-thousand years history
Current story of Goyang
- Cultural heritage in Goyang
- five-thousand years history
- Current story of Goyang
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Story of Goyang history
2017-06-01
The first healing track of Goyang, bench, healing writings, forest of meditation, viewpost of Heungguksa of Buksan Mountain
It is the oldest Buddhist temple in Korea. It is a temple built in 661 AD in the first year of King Munmu of Shilla Period. It is more than 1400 years old.
There are various cultural assets such as wooden structures, paintings, frees, memorial stones, etc that are designated as nurse-tree, Gyeonggi-do Designated Cultural Asset, and Goyang Regional Cultural Asset.
Heungguksa’s main temple is Yaksajeon Hall that enshrines Yaksayeoraebool, who is knows to heal the physical and emotional pain.
Yaksajeon is known as the oldest and most extravagant wooden building in Goyang city.
There is Nahanjeon to the west of Yaksajeon, and behind Bahajeon is a 300-year-old oak tree.
Above the oak tree there is a wooden deck where people can see the view of Bukhan Mountain from the temple perspective. The peaks of Mt. Bukhan, the hanok building of Heungguksa Temple, and the harmony of forests and trees blend beautifully in this view.
About 30m to the direction the main mountain of Bukhan Mountain, Nogo Mountain(Hanmi Mountain), is the Heungguksa Forest of Meditation.
Located behind Yaksajeon, the Forest of Meditation is where the head monk of Heunguksa composed to have a space and time to heal the pains of the heart.
Surrounding scrubs have been eliminated and meditation chairs have been placed in midst flowers and trimmed trees, making the forest beautiful.
There are various comforting writings hung here and there. The forest is made of a trail, allowing people to enjoy a light walk.
Sitting in a meditation chair, seeing the view of Insubong Peak, Nojeokbong Peak, Wonhyobong Peak, Uisangbong Peak, Bibong Peak, and Hyangrobong Peak, listengin to the wind and the chirpings and the birds, and the beating of moktak makes the forest the perfect place for healing.
It is a great place to leave the worries of the world and heal oneself with time and space alone.
Having a place of healing and relaxation is an important aspect of life.
I hope Heungguksa’s Forest of Healing can become your place of rest and healing.
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