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Buddhist temple in Onjong-ri, North Korea
Singyesa
Singye Temple in the 1930s
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
신계사
Hancha
神溪寺
Revised Romanization
Singyesa
McCune–Reischauer
Singyesa
Singye-sa (Korean: 신계사) is a Korean Buddhist temple located in Onjong-ri in Kosong County, Kangwon Province, North Korea. Once one of the largest of the hundreds of temples located in scenic Mount Kumgang, the complex was destroyed by US bombings during the Korean War. It was reconstructed in 2004 as an inter-Korean cultural project. It is listed as National Treasure #95.
one of the Four Great Temples of Mount Kumgang, along with Changansa, Singyesa and Yujomsa. Pilgrims were soon flocking to the temple, and eventually...
temples destroyed have since been rebuilt (such as the Ryongtongsa and Singyesa). All in all, there are 300 temples. There are about 900 traditional Buddhist...
Four Great Temples of Mount Geumgang, along with Pyohunsa (표훈사, 表訓寺), Singyesa (신계사, 神溪寺) and Yujomsa (유점사, 楡岾寺).. This temple is said to have been founded...
becoming a major site of pilgrimage and, along with Changansa, Pyohunsa, and Singyesa, was known as one of its Four Great Temples of Mt. Kumgang. It was the...
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