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Guinsa - Danyang, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea (Buddhist Temple)

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Buddhist Buddhist Temple Chungcheongbuk-do Danyang Guinsa Korea North Chungcheong Province South Korea
Guinsa (Temple of Salvation and Kindness), in the Yeonhwa area of the Sobaek Mountains located near Danyang in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, is the headquarters of the Cheontae sect of Korean Buddhism and is the administrative center of over 140 sub-temples and hermitages.

Although the architecture of Guinsa follows that of many other Buddhist temples in Korea, it is also markedly different in that the structures are several stories tall, instead of the typical one or two stories that structures in many other Korean temples have.

Up to 10,000 monks can live here at any one point while the kitchen can serve twice that number. The temple maintains and operates a large farm system and provides much of the food prepared and consumed at the temple.