374-8, Odaesan-ro, Jinbu-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon Province
Korea's Mt. Odaesan is a holy site considered to be home to 50,000
bodhisattvas. Founded by Vinaya Master Jajang, the temple is renowned to
this day for a number of virtuous teachers, including Hanam and Tanheo of
recent history. The strikingly artistic and beautiful Octagonal Nine-Story Stone
Pagoda (National Treasure) and the Seated Stone Bodhisattva (Treasure) facing
the pagoda are both more than 1,000 years old. The temple is also well-known
for its surrounding forest of evergreen fir trees.
