Tapsa (Pagoda Buddhist Temple) and the Stone Pagodas of Maisan
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Hwaeomsa-ro, Masan-myeon, Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do, 539
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Tapsa and the Stone Pagodas of Maisan (Hourse Ear Mountain) in Jinan County. Starting in 1885 a Buddhist layman by the name of Yi Gab Yong came to the Mai Mountain and while living all alone built the 80 stone pagodas found here. Some of the pagodas are as high as 30 feet, all constructed with no mortar, all completed with no help. There is a plaque placed at the temple that says "Windstorms fail to topple the pagodas, they only rock and smile at them" (the wind storms).
Each of the stone pagodas has its own name and meaning.
A strange phenomenon that occurs here during the winter is that water placed in a bowl on an alter forms icicles that grow upwards.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°45'29"N 127°24'40"E
- Mireuksa (site) 45 km
- Hwaeomsa (화엄사) 56 km
- Baekyangsa (백양사) 59 km
- Haeinsa 62 km
- Jikjisa 67 km
- Naesosa 76 km
- Songgwangsa (송광사) 85 km
- Beopjusa (Beopju Buddhist Temple) - 법주사 95 km
- Manbulsa (Buddhist Temple) 147 km
- Tongdosa 152 km
- Seongsusan 6.4 km
- Yongdamho 17 km
- Jangansan 22 km
- Yeongchwisan 23 km
- Namdeogyusan 24 km
- Muryongsan 27 km
- Deogyusan 33 km
- Jeoksangsan 33 km
- Minjujisan 52 km
- Hwangmaesan 59 km