Bongnyeongsa Temple — Attraction in Suwon-si

An enormous buddhist temple located between Gwanggyo, Suwon and Yeongtong, Suwon. The temple is a member of Jogye order, which is the biggest buddhism in South Korea. They insist that the temple was founded in 1208, but it was abandoned for few hundred years. In 1971, a female monk named MyoUm became the head monk of the temple. And she re-established this temple for female monk education, which was lacking at the time. Now, the temple is only for female monks and is a hub for female monks in South Korea. They are only female monks in this temple, but they accept male visitors. There is a free parkinglot in front of the temple, but it's 200m walk from the parkinglot to the temple. They offer temple stay programs and buddhist...

Loved the experience on 1st Jan 2024

Easy to access by public bus Between lush green small mountain *Peaceful and calm ambience A big prayer hall with a beautiful Buddha statue Architecture is very beautiful with vivid colours, wall painting and engravings It has a coffee shop in the campus *A shop to buy candles and prayer related stuff A toilet is also present...

The temple is beautiful. The area is big and very well organized. The temple has historical value, too. You can see 800 years old stone Buddha..... the wall painting of the temple is really beautiful. The main temple is really calm where u can spend a...