Sanbangsan
Cliffside grotto shrine with a dripping spring and Buddha statue, kept by a hermit monk for decades.
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This guide to Sanbangsan on Jeju centers on Sanbanggulsa, the grotto shrine partway up the mountain where a monk named Hye-il is said to have lived roughly a thousand years ago, tending a dripping spring and a Buddha statue until his death around age eighty-nine. Local tradition folds his solitary vigil into an older story of a heartbroken goddess turned to stone in the same rock. Travelers still drink the spring water today, cup by cup, praying for their families' health.
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