Taebaek

Taebaek is a town in Gangwon province, South Korea. Its name is shared with that of the Taebaek Mountains. Situated at an altitude of 650 to seven-hundred m, Taebaek is the very best town in South Korea. Manggyeongsa Temple in Hyeol-dong, at an altitude of one,460 meters on the Taebaek Mountains, is a temple built to enshrine the statue of the Bodhisattva of wisdom. It became constructed by way of Jajang, a Silla Dynasty monk.

The "Dragon Spring" at the doorway of the temple is referred to as the best spring in Korea. Jajang was a monk born Kim Seonjong, into the royal Kim family, inside the kingdom of Silla. He is credited with founding the temple of Tongdosa in 646 CE, near in what is now Busan, South Korea, and performed a substantial position within the adoption of Buddhism as the national religion of Silla. His biography is informed inside the anthology of Korean Buddhism: "Jogye Culture Web", Vol 10. Taebaek is one of the quality metropolis to go to.