There is an island in the west see of Korea. It might take one and half hour by car to get there from Seoul. This temple is linked to the land with the bridge.
Gang Wha Do is very meaningful place in Korean history.
t was the center of resistance against foreign invasions through Korean history.
The most famous resistance was to Mongol.
It was Goryeo Dynasty when Mongol had invaded.
Goryeo kingdom was an exceptional country which resisted to the end of the invasion.
As the result of this resistance, Mongol gave up to conquer Goryeo dynasty.
Gang Wha Do was the resistant center against Mongol’s invasion.
Even though Gang Wha Do was not far from the land, crossing over was impossible due to the sea mud.
While protesting in the Island, Goryeo kingdom had made the Buddhist Sacred Book for the wooden print boards of 80,000 books.
Jeon Deung Sa seemed be an important place for making the wooden print boards.
Now those wooden print boards were moved to Hae In Sa temple.
There were several gates to enter into the temple.
Where I choose was a course passing through the mountain wall.
As passing the gate of the wall, there was a monument which memorized the victory against the French navy’s invasion of 19 century.
The pines along the road to the temple were so amazing.
As other temples, there were the small stone pagodas.
There were letters on the steps toward the temple.
Those step stones would’ve been some kinds of monuments.
Finally I stood in front of the temple buildings.
