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Daeheungsa

Korea (South) / Chollanam / Haenam / Gurim-ri, San 8-1
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Daeheungsa is a main temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is located on the slopes of Duryunsan in Samsan-myeon, Haenam County, in the province of Jeollanam-do.

Daeheungsa is believed to date to the Three Kingdoms period (4th-9th centuries CE), although no exact record of its founding survives, some think Daeheungsa was founded by Adohwasang (Monk) in 514.

Daeheungsa received little attention until 1592 when Seosan Daesa (monk) organized and trained a guerilla army of 5,000 monks at the temple, to help defend the Korean people during the Imjin War(Japanese invasions).

The temple is known as a historical center of Korean tea culture.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daeheungsa
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Coordinates:   34°28'35"N   126°36'59"E
This article was last modified 7 years ago