<Janggyeongsa in Namhansanseong, Gwangju>

The Sad Story of a Temple in Dongmun

The mountain fortress made with stones does not serve as a stronghold any more but gives a scenic beauty in the nature. Namhansanseong that is stretched in Gwangju, Hanam and Seongnam has the circumference of 12km, providing the ideal walk. It is said that there were nine temples in Namhansanseong, but only Mangweolsa, Janggyeongsa and Gaewonsa remain. Mangweolsa and Janggyeongsa are located near Dongmun where the maple leaves are beautiful.

After visiting Mangweolsa, I drove to Janggyeongsa. The road to get to Janggyeongsa is a great driveway. The autumn view of the driveway is like a scene of a movie. It is the autumn version of the film “One Fine Spring Day.” Instead of scattering cherry blossom overlapped with an old lady in beautiful Hanbok on a fine spring day, leaves were scattered like blossom.

The yard of Janggyeongsa was covered with yellow leaves of gingko, and it was a beautiful day of the late fall. Phrases on four pillars of Janggyeongsa said, “Do not make evil behaviors, do good works, purify your spirit and these are the teachings of Buddha.” There was Gyeongtong (mani wheel) by Daewungjeon, and Gyeongtong houses the Sutras. I turned the wheel. It is said that turning the wheel once is like accumulating virtuous deeds. There were countless tags with wishes at the temple as the college entrance examination approached.

A Friendship of a Boy and a Monk
There is a sad story about Janggyeongsa. The temple was built by Geumdanseonsa to commend a mother and a son who died miserably to god.

Mubyeong is the name of a boy who made a friendship with Geumdanseonsa. As a cheerful boy, Mubyeong was loved by Geumdanseonsa. Mubyeong did not visit him for days, and he went to the village to meet Mubyeong. He heard that Mubyeong’s mother was taken for the worse and Mubyeong had to look for herbs. Mubyeong asked him to take care of his mother, but he said, “I can look for them faster. Take care of mom, and I will meet you after a week.”

Three days later, Mubyeong’s mother died. He returned with the prescribed herbs, but he could not meet Mubyeong. With a sense of foreboding, he went to the village only to hear that Mubyeong also died from grief.

Geumdanseonsa built a shrine at the site where Mubyeong died, and prayed for the repose of their souls every day. One day, a deer came and looked at him with clear eyes like Mubyeong for a long time. He named the shrine as Janggyeongsa. The name of the temple means a long happiness, and he named the temple with a fervent prayer for eternal happiness of Mubyeong and his mother. The Chinese character “Jang” means that the status of sustained happiness. It is said that the wooden statue disappeared when Geumdanseonsa died.

There were many statues of child monks at the stairway of the temple. I guess they symbolized pure smile of Mubyeong.

[Tourist Information]
Namhansanseong was renovated in King Injo Year 2 (1624 A.D.). Monk Gakseong (1575~1660) had monks gather from across the nation and serve for the renovation project. Janggyeongsa was built in King Injo Year 16 (1638 A.D.) for accommodation of the monks. It is the only temple remains among temples built in Namhansanseong at that time.

Janggyeongsa: Cultural Asset No. 15, Gyeonggi-do
Contact: 031-743-6547~8
Website: www.jangkyungsa.org

◆ Location
Keyword for Search: Namhansanseong Janggyeongsa
Address: 22-1 Sanseong-ri, Jungbu-myeon, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do
By Car: Namhansanseong Rotary → Go straight to the direction of Dongmun → Turn left when Dongmun comes into sight → Go up the hill until the post of Mangwoelsa and Janggyeongsa comes into sight  Take the lane on the right side  Janggyeongsa
Yangjae IC of Gyeongbu Expressway  Heolleungro → Segokdong Sageori → Yakjinro → Sanseong Tunnel → Jungang Parking Lot → Go straight to the direction of Dongmun → Turn left when Dongmun comes into sight  Turn right  Janggyeongsa

Public Transportation: Get off at the final bus stop of Sanseong  Walk to the direction of Dongmun  Post of Janggyeongsa
Bus No. 9: Sanseong Rotary
Bus No. 15-1: Gwangjiwon Jungnu-myeon Office  Sanseong Rotary (intervals of 30 minutes)
Bus No. 52: Sanseong Rotary → Nammun → Sanseong Station → Jonghap Market → Moran → Sangdaewon (intervals of 50 minutes)

◆ Adjacent Tourist Destinations
Namhansanseong, Namhansanseonghaenggung, Chimguaejeong, Jisudang, Hyeonjeolsa, Mangweola, Catholic Site of Namhansanseong, Namhansanseong Historic Museum and Tower Park

Land Museum Namhansanseong Seongnam-si gyeonggi-do korea

 LOCATION | 217, Jeongja-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si 
 TEL | 82-31-738-8995
 URL | www.landmuseum.co.kr
 
This is a museum established by the Korean Land Corporation to pursue an understanding about land and

land development, and to create a new land culture.
 

Driving, using public transportation

Transportation
Public Transportation
Take bus No.45-2, No.1005, No.9000 at Gwanghwamun, bus No.1001 or No.116
at Jamsil station, Bus No.2002, No.6006, No.1005-1 at Gangnam Station, and Bus No.1005 or No.736-1 at Gangnam Express Bus Terminal, Bus No.2000-1 and No.2002-1 at Yangjaedong, Or Bus No.77-1 or No.700 at Suwon Station.

By Car
Get off at Pangyo toll gate from Gyeongbu Expressway and go straight to wards Bundang. Make a right at Central Park, and make a right again at the milestone, and go straight. Then, after passing through two underpasses, make a left at the point where the road changes into a 1 lane road as it passes by E-mart and the downhill comes to an
end.

Detail information

Service hour : 10:00~17:00

The museum which consists of exhibition halls, storage space, and office space holds approximately over 31,000 related materials. It not only conducts exhibitions and collects remains but also performs cultural relic surveys and even runs a Land Museum College. The Land Museum College which consists of high quality lectures is getting a good response from local residents and adults, and cultural relic survey is composed of details that make the best use of the public features the land museum has such as excavation survey of Gaeseong Industrial Zone and Namhansanseong temporary palace site. This place is being reborn as a place which functions as a specialized museum as well as a space where local residents can share its culture.

EXHIBITION HALL

Exhibition Hall This shows the lives of our ancestors through a planned exhibition. Since the content of the exhibition changes periodically, it is best to check the content of the exhibition before visiting.

SPECIAL PROGRAM

Land Museum College It started out from 2000 for revitalizing the local culture and for citizens to enjoy

culture. It consists of a diverse range of in-depth lectures and survey on Korean culture and world culture. Exhibition Commentary Program This is an exhibition commentary program performed with specialists. It is conducted on a group of more than 20 people(elementary school students and over).

CURATOR’S CHOICE

Perpetual Calendar Year 15 Bunjaegi(1587) It is a general rule for the property inheritance system of early Joseon dynasty to provide inheritance by equal distribution to all the children. However, with the mid 17th Century as the turning point, this kind of rule gradually faded, and switched over to preferential inheritance to the eldest son. This Bunjaegi was written in 1587 before the Japanese Invasion,

and is a valuable material for finding out about the tradition of inheritance by equal distribution without distinction of sex.
 
  Last modified : 2009. 08. 21

  Source : Land Museum

  Please contact website to get more information.

  Reference : 031-738-8995
 
 

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This is the original place of chincken porridge at Namhan Fortress with the famous chicken stew

INTRODUCTION

Eunseong Garden has been in business for 35 years this year, and is famous for
meat on knee, not the ordinary boiled chicken stuffed with rice and ginseng as the
original chicken porridge village at Namhan Fortress. Chickens from Eumseong
Farm are boiled with meat soup for porridge, and add several herbal ingredients
along with the chicken to make the meat on knee that has special taste of thick soup,
just right porridge and tender chicken taste.
By using the beans from Cheolwon, Gangwon-do, dark dubu fu is produced for mouth
watering taste along with the squid and vegetable pancake on delicious looking dish.


THE ROAD TO

Place to visit in the area

 




▲ Namhansanseong Fortress







▲ Fork Craft Exhibtion Hall

▲ Moran Fork Market






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