Jeondeungsa
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{{Short description|Oldest extant Buddhist temple in Korea}}
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| image = Ganghwado Jeondeungsa Temple 20200718 039.jpg
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| map_type = South Korea
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| location = 37-41, Jeondeungsa-ro, Gilsang-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, South Korea
| coordinates = {{coord|37|37|55.1|N|126|29|03.7|E|display=inline,title}}
| religious_affiliation = Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism
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| country = South Korea
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|hangul=전등사
|hanja=傳燈寺
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Jeondeungsa ({{Korean|hangul=전등사}}) is a Buddhist temple located on Ganghwa Island, Incheon, South Korea. It is the oldest extant Buddhist temple in the entire Korean peninsula,{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Cathy Rose A. |last2=Han |first2=Sang-hee |date=2008-07-03 |title=Night at the Temple |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2023/08/141_26966.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=The Korea Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Jeondeungsa |url=https://eng.templestay.com/temple_info.asp?t_id=jds5450 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=eng.templestay.com}} having been founded in the year 381, during the Goguryeo period.{{Cite web |title=Touring Incheon's Buddhist temples |url=https://eng-itour.incheon.go.kr/cmn/board/BBSMSTR_000000000080/3653bbsDetail.do#:~:text=Founded%20in%20381%20(11th%20year,than%201,600%20years%20of%20history. |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=eng-itour.incheon.go.kr |language=KO}}
The entirety of the temple is located within the {{Ill|Samnang Fortress|ko|강화 삼랑성}}.
Jeondeungsa participates in the Templestay program, in which visitors can stay at the temple and experience Buddhist culture.{{cite web|url=http://eng.templestay.com/reservation/temple_view.asp?cid=9&idx=7%7c|title=Jeondeungsa Templestay program|access-date=2018-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041541/http://eng.templestay.com/reservation/temple_view.asp?cid=9&idx=7%7C|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}
Gallery
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|Jeongdeungsa Daeungjeon (Ganghwa) 13-01205.JPG
|Inside Daeungjeon, the main worship hall (2013)
|Jeongdeungsa Yaksajeon (Ganghwa) 13-01226&7.JPG
|The Yaksajeon hall, where the Medicine Buddha is enshrined (2013)
|전등사1.jpg
|Monk and Templestay guests walk up a wooded path in the temple (2008)
|Ganghwado Jeondeungsa Temple 20200718 025.jpg
|Temple courtyard (2020)
|A wooden figure of naked woman on Jeondeungsa Daewungjeon.JPG
|Wooden figure of a naked woman on the roof (2012)
|Ganghwado Jeondeungsa Temple 20200718 011.jpg
|Inside one of the halls (2020)
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References
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External links
- [http://jeondeungsa.org/ Jeondeungsa temple official website]
Category:Buddhist temples in South Korea
Category:Temples that participate in Templestay
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