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Tattooing in South Korea has a long and controversial history. South Korean law permits only licensed medical practitioners, as opposed to tattoo artists without medical degrees, to open tattoo parlors, although it is not illegal to have a tattoo. Only the army prohibits tattoos. People can get tattoos after serving in the military. [1]
Naesosa (Korean: 내소사), or Naeso Temple, is a Korean Buddhist temple located at the base of the mountain Naebyeongsan in Jinseo-myeon, Buan County, Jeonbuk State, South Korea. It offers the Templestay program, where visitors can experience Buddhist culture.
The temple saw renovations in the 19th and 20th centuries. [33] Archaeological Remains at the Hoeamsa Temple Site in Yangju City Gyeonggi: 2022 iii (cultural) The Hoeamsa Temple in Yangju was built between 1374 and 1376 upon earlier structures. It was a temple of Seon, a Korean branch of the Zen Buddhism.
Myo-jang, president of the Korean Buddhist Foundation for Social Welfare, poses for a photograph at Jeondeung Temple, South Korea's oldest Buddhist monastery. (Jean Chung / For The Times)
Munmyo (Korean: 문묘; Hanja: 文廟; lit. Temple of Confucius), also called Seoul Munmyo or Seonggyungwan Munmyo, is Korea's primary temple of Confucius. It is located in central Seoul, South Korea, on the campus of Sungkyunkwan University. Munmyo houses a shrine to Confucius known as Daeseongjeon, or "Hall of Great Achievement."
Heungcheonsa (Korean: 흥천사) is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in Donam-dong, Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea.. Daebang Hall, one of the buildings in the temple, is a National Registered Cultural Heritage of South Korea.
Donghwasa (Korean: 동화사), also Donghwa Temple, is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in northern Daegu, South Korea. The temple is located on the south side of Mt. Palgongsan, within the boundaries of Dohak-dong, Dong-gu, near Daegu's northern border. The name means "Temple of Paulownia Blossoms."
An inscription on the first story of the pagoda states that it was erected in the fourth year of King Chungmok in 1348. The pagoda was first placed at the now-lost Gyeongcheonsa Temple which sat at the foot of Mt. Buso in Gwangdeok-myeon, Gaepung-gun, Gyeonggi-do Province.