Dongaksan Mountain (Gokseong)

Dongaksan is a 735m-high mountain located in the north of Gokseong-gun, Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City. The Seomjin River flows below to the north, and to the south it connects to Hyeongjebong and Choewaksan. Entering the mountain, the valleys are deep, and the rocky terrain is extraordinary. In the 7th year of King Muyeol of Silla (660), when Wonhyo built Gilsangam and Dorimsa, it is said the mountain danced to heavenly music, and thus it was called Dongaksan. Dorimsa Temple, located in Seongnyugugok on the south side of the mountain, is a temple founded during the reign of King Jinpyeong of Silla. The temple's original name was Sindeoksa, meaning the temple at the place where Queen Sindeok visited, but it is now called Dorimsa, meaning a place where monks cultivating the Way gather like a forest.

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