Sudeoksa Temple수덕사

At a glance

Sudeoksa sits on the southern slope of Mt. Deoksungsan (495 m), near the Deoksan hot springs, and serves as the head temple for the Jogye Order's 7th district, covering the Naepo region of South Chungcheong. Its roots go back to Baekje in the 6th century, and a local legend says a young man built it to win a maiden who vanished as soon as he took her hand: she was the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. The main hall, Daeungjeon, is a National Treasure. The grounds also hold the Geunyeok Seongbogwan museum of Buddhist treasures, the Seon Art Museum, and the thatched house where painter Lee Ungno (1904–1989) once worked, now kept as a historic site with the old Sudeok Inn.

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Sudeoksa Temple · 1 tours & tickets

1. GetYourGuideSeosan & Yesan Buddhist temple tourA 10-hour day trip from Seoul that ends at Sudeoksa Temple in Yesan, after Gaesimsa and the Seosan Rock-carved Buddha Triad.Book

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Tips

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  Leave time for the Lee Ungno historic site (the old Sudeok Inn) and the Seon Art Museum in the temple grounds.
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  Sudeoksa runs temple stays with a range of programs if you want to spend a night.

Nearby

Gaesimsa TempleAn old temple in the Seosan hills, said to date from 654, with a main hall rebuilt in 1484 and cherry trees that bloom around Buddha's Birthday.Rock-carved Buddha Triad in Yonghyeon-ri, SeosanA 7th-century Baekje carving of three Buddhist figures on a cliff in Yonghyeon Valley, famous for the 'smile of Baekje' that shifts with the light.