Samgwangsa
Granite nine-story pagoda carved with fifty-three Buddhas, crowning a mountainside Cheontae Buddhist complex.
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Samgwangsa, on the slope of Baekyangsan in Busan, means three rays of light, and the guide starts with a puzzle: ask when the temple began and you get three different years. It then turns to the white stone pagoda in the courtyard, with its carved Buddhas, zodiac animals and a golden lotus at the top, and to the worshippers who walk circles around it. You'll also hear about the spring lantern season, when paper lotuses fill the grounds. Best heard standing in the courtyard facing the pagoda.
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