Kwijin Temple
Korea (North) /
Hwanghaebukto /
Sinmak /
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/ Korea (North)
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World / North Korea / Hwanghae-bukto
temple, buddhist temple
(귀진사/歸眞寺)
Kwijinsa Buddhist Temple, Songwŏl-ri, Sohung-gun, N. Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
North Korean National Treasure #92.
This temple was founded in the 12th century and reconstructed in 1563. It houses over 2000 precious wooden printing-blocks once used for the production of Buddhist scriptures, though many were looted by the Japanese in 1931.
Kwijinsa Buddhist Temple, Songwŏl-ri, Sohung-gun, N. Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
North Korean National Treasure #92.
This temple was founded in the 12th century and reconstructed in 1563. It houses over 2000 precious wooden printing-blocks once used for the production of Buddhist scriptures, though many were looted by the Japanese in 1931.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°33'41"N 126°10'25"E
- Jeondeungsa (전등사) 107 km
- Jongmyo 131 km
- Hyeonchungsa (Shrine) 209 km
- Naksan Temple (Naksansa), near Sokcho, Yangyang County, Gangwon-do 220 km
- Mitasa 225 km
- Bongamsa 263 km
- Guinsa 264 km
- Buseoksa (천은사) 281 km
- Manggyeongsa 282 km
- Bongjeongsa (봉정사) 305 km
- Yonthan Reservoir 11 km
- Sohung County 11 km
- Yonthan County 14 km
- Pongsan County 23 km
- Suan County 28 km
- Sangwon County 35 km
- DPRK Executive Officers Complex 37 km
- Hwangju County 38 km
- Yonsan County 38 km
- Junghwa County 44 km