Yanghwa Temple
Korea (North) /
Pyonganbukto /
Taechon /
World
/ Korea (North)
/ Pyonganbukto
/ Taechon
World / North Korea / P'yŏngan-bukto
temple, buddhist temple, listed building / architectural heritage
(양화사/陽和寺)
Yanghwasa Buddhist Temple, Sangdan-ri, Taechon-gun, North Korea.
National Treasure of DPRK No. 55.
This famous Buddhist temple was founded in 872. It comprises of 14 original buildings, arranged around a central courtyard. Most of the buildings date to an 1874 reconstruction after a fire ravaged the temple complex, but some still survive from an earlier 1461 renovation.
Yanghwasa Buddhist Temple, Sangdan-ri, Taechon-gun, North Korea.
National Treasure of DPRK No. 55.
This famous Buddhist temple was founded in 872. It comprises of 14 original buildings, arranged around a central courtyard. Most of the buildings date to an 1874 reconstruction after a fire ravaged the temple complex, but some still survive from an earlier 1461 renovation.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°56'21"N 125°37'16"E
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- Hyeonchungsa (Shrine) 369 km
- Mitasa 380 km
- Guinsa 408 km
- Bongamsa 416 km
- Manggyeongsa 418 km
- Buseoksa (천은사) 422 km
- Bongjeongsa (봉정사) 452 km
- Taechon nuclear reactor 4.6 km
- Taechon Youth Hydroelectric power station No. 3 8 km
- T'aech'ŏn-gun (Taechon County) 9 km
- Taechon Hydroelectric power station No. 2 9 km
- Taechon Reservoir 16 km
- Nyongbyon County 18 km
- Unsan-gun (Unsan County) 23 km
- Tongch'ang-gun (Tongchang County) 36 km
- Kujang-gun 42 km
- Songwon-gun (Songwon County) 57 km