Korean Tourism is high in demand these days – it is popular, exotic, delicious, spiritual, with many viewing Korean tourism as a life-changing travel experience.
The biggest tourism winter sports events ever held in South Korea, the 2018 Winter Olympics, Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea have just ended. Such events provide the country with a sophisticated and ultra-modern infrastructure, including roads, trains, planes, and bus links and an opportunity to open their doors for the international visitors.
The Naksan Temple in Gangwon Province is worth visiting. With over 1,300 years of history, innumerable Buddhists are continuously visiting this temple to see real relics of Gwaneum. This temple has a splendid scenic beauty of nature, the East Sea, with many sacred treasures and a rich cultural heritage. Naksansa has been one of the holiest and most attractive places, not only for the Buddhists but also for foreign tourists visiting Korea.
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| Seoraksan National Park & Naksansa Temple |
Naksansa is one of the most favorite places with its 1,000-year-old historic temple, sacred treasures and cultural heritage. Although many of the Buddha’s halls and pavilions in Naksansa were burnt by a disastrous forest fire on April 5, 2005, the temple is being reconstructed.
Tourists wanting to visit this temple should dress clean, neat, and conservative. One should avoid bright-colored and outlandish clothes, heavy makeup, strong perfume and excessive accessories. One should not wear revealing clothing. Bare feet are not allowed in the temple.
One should be quiet and gentle within the temple premises. One should not speak loudly, shout, run, sing or play music. Men and women should avoid intimate physical contact. Eating and drinking are allowed only in designated areas.
A great opportunity for tourists to be part of this unique spiritual experience is a Temple Stay. This program lets you experience the life of Buddhist practitioners at traditional temples which preserved the 1700-year-old history of Korean Buddhism.
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