Yonggungsa Temple

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A while ago we did a video about Busan’s Jagalchi Fish Market for Simon’s trip to Busan. There was a lot of footage from those two days, and we’ve been playing around with it for a while. Here’s a video from Busan’s Yonggungsa Temple, which is an absolutely beautiful, beautiful temple. We’ve been to a couple of temples before, and were impressed at first, but after a while we started getting bored of them. This temple…this changes everything.

It’s situated on the beach, which is supposedly uncommon for Buddhist temples. And, wow, it’s stunning. Listening to the waves every day, looking at slow boats edging the horizon: can’t think of an easier way to feel serene, or just to fall asleep at night. If you’re ever in Busan, or if there’s only temple that you’re going to visit in Korea, make it Yonggungsa Temple. Wow. Totally breathtaking.

Anyhow, we played around with the footage a bit and were feeling experimental. It’s heavily edited to try to give it a dreamy feel, and looks really different than what the actual day was like. Before, the footage wasnâ€™t really that good. It was a really dull, cloudy, windy day. The colors were all murky and desaturated. Check out the before and after:

I don’t know. This is the kind of stuff we’re interested in, especially since we’ve been taking so many pictures with Instagram lately. We’re having new age fun with a vintage feel! (P.S. we realize that sometimes we do seem like full-blown hipsters.)

Anyhow, the last scene was interesting as well. It was in a small cave at the edge of the shore. Simon walked in right after a man lit the candles, whose flames were barely holding on to their wicks because of the wind. They didn’t stand a chance that day, but that didn’t stop someone else from coming in right after Simon left to give the candles another shot, nor did it stop the others that followed.

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http://www.facebook.com/jteale Jason Teale

I like the video! I got some shots from there but they were closed early due to Buddha's birthday. I must say that they walk up to the temple is really creepy at night. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonteale/sets/7215…

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

I've seen your pics before and your site as well. Really beautiful stuff you've got there.

mele

Hey, I randomly visited there with my family this past summer! XD What a coincidence!
http://www.littlepinky82.wordpress.com Emily

Looks so nice! I bet it'd be creepy at night though for sure. I loved the camera work with this. Kinda felt like I was there. Now if only I could reach through my computer screen and touch stuff lol.
http://travelinghawk.blogspot.com Traveling Hawk

Awesome video! I looked at it on Korean Photography Blog first and then I came here. You do a great job on this blog and I will follow you in the future. Now I try to catch on with older posts. I'll go to Seoul in spring and I planned one day trip to Busan. Do you think I will manage to visit the temple? Even if it will be the single objective there!

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

Thanks! To be honest, I didn't know about this place until the person I was with suggested we go. I don't really know how to get there, either, apart from hopping in a taxi and asking for it. But it's definitely worth the visit!

liptoncoco

Hi ! You can visit there , even if it is the single objective .And there is shuttle buses to this temple.So you can get the information about it from tourism center in Busan.
The fare is 1 $ , 1000won each way. check this website out ! http://www.yongkungsa.or.kr/ you can read about the temple in English too ! I hope it helps !

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513599934 Laura Cooper

It looks beautiful!! I'm hopefully moving to Seoul in Feb and your site has been so useful (and fun to watch!). Thanks :)

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

Thanks Laura! Send us a line when you finally make it here :D

http://nanoomi.net Hannah

Yonggungsa is, hands down, my favorite temple in Korea. So stunning — and the waves are so powerful, it's almost scary!
Jason Wilson

Yeah, it's a great place! It's a pretty easy walk from Songjeong Train Station (just north of Haeundae) too. The views on the way along the coast are pretty spectacular. Takes about 20-30 mins to walk there fr the station.
dyc515

To my understanding, only some temples are placed near the ocean. These are dedicated to the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, as he is responsible for rescuing sentient beings from the "sea of suffering."

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

Cool! Thanks for letting us know. That’s really interesting.

Tae Hyun Kang

I don't speak english very well and write too, because my mother language is Korean
I'm proude of you.
Especially, I'm very impressed with your passion to our country.
Although my country is not superior than other advanced country-my thinking-, I love my country, Korea.
Thanks to your passion.

In the future, I also will do good job like you.

I know my english is so strange to you kkkkk^^.

Anyway, thanks to read my words.

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

Wow, thanks for the great comment! These are encouraging words. ^^

http://daleskoreantempleadventures.blogspot.com/ Dale

First off, love your blog!

Second, if you're interested, I also put up a posting of Haedong Yonggungsa at my blog: Dale's Korean Temple Adventures.
http://daleskoreantempleadventures.blogspot.com/2…
I'm out of the Busan area, and love to go to temples (as the name of the blog says :)) At my blog I always explain how you can get to the temples and the highlights of the temples. Hope those coming to Korea can check out what Korea has to offer.
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