It is the oldest temple in Korea and the largest temple in Ganghwa. It blends in with the mountains and gives a different feeling each season, and is especially good for a light hike while looking around the yellow ginkgo trees and autumn leaves. There is a Buddhist art exhibition and Seoun Gallery, a modern-style Buddhist temple, in the basement, and a Buddhist art exhibition is always held in the gallery. It has recently been selected as a unique venue and wellness tourist destination in Korea and is attracting attention, so we recommend taking a look around while feeling the fall.

Jeondeungsa Temple, located within the Samrangseong Fortress (historic site) of Jeongjoksan Mountain, which is said to have been built by the three princes of Dangun Wanggeom, is not sure of its founding date. However, as a temple of the Goryeo royal family, it has been called Jinjongsa Temple. It is said that the current name Jeondeungsa Temple came about when Queen Jeonghwa, the queen of the palace, offered her jade lamp to her Buddha in the 8th year of King Chungnyeol's reign in Goryeo (1282). Daeungbojeon, a treasure, is a octagonal house with 3 rooms on the front and 2 rooms on the side, and is the best building of the mid-Joseon Dynasty built in the 13th year of King Gwanghaegun's reign (1621). In particular, the ornate beauty of the canopy decorated on the inner Buddhist unit is the pinnacle of architectural craftsmanship. is achieving. In the third year of King Gojong's reign, soldiers who fought against the French army with the determination to defend their country to the death still have traces of their names written on the pillars and walls of Daeungbojeon Hall to pray to Buddha for good luck.

Jangsa Temple, which stored 10 buildings including the treasured Yaksijeon, the treasure temple bell made during the Northern Song Dynasty in the 11th century in China, the Tangible Cultural Asset Sunmu Cheonchongyangheon Monument, and the local cultural assets Dajoru, Annals, and Royal Records. There are many old trees, including Gakji and Seonwonbogakji, a statue of a woman with a legend, a ginkgo tree that does not open, and a weeping tree. Daeungjeon, designated as a treasure, is small in size, but has a neat structure and is decorated with elaborate carvings, so it can be considered one of the best buildings from the mid-Joseon Dynasty. In particular, the splendid beauty of the canopy decorated on the inner Buddhist unit is the pinnacle of architectural craftsmanship. Each beam is decorated with a dragon frame, with the crown protruding from the four corners, and lotus, peony, and arabesques are splendidly embossed around the ceiling. And the central well is filled with Bosanghwamun.

* Jeondeungsa Daeungjeon Jeondeungsa Daeungbojeon is small in scale, but it is neatly framed and decorated with elaborate carvings, making it the best building from the late Joseon Dynasty. In particular, the splendid beauty of the canopy decorated on the inner Buddhist unit is the pinnacle of architectural craftsmanship. Each beam is decorated with a dragon frame, with the crown protruding from the four corners, and lotuses, peonies, and arabesques are splendid around the ceiling. It is embossed and the central well is filled with Bosanghwamun. What is even more rare is that fish are embossed on the ceiling to create the illusion that it is a dragon palace. On the left ceiling of the canopy, nine bells are hung on the belly of a small dragon with crown decorations on both sides and a dragon frame on the body, and a string. There was a time when a Buddhist altar was stretched out and held and shaken to make nine bells ring at the same time, creating the spectacular sight of Guryongtoeum.

* Jeondeungsa Dajoru is a wooden building located right in front of the courtyard leading up to Jeondeungsa Daeungjeon. It functions as a gate tower leading up to the main hall, and a signboard that reads Jeondeungsa is hung under the eaves of the second-floor gate tower. The front is a two-story building with a small appearance, but when viewed from the main hall, it is a one-story Hanok. It is a two-story pavilion built by Seungtan in 1839 and used as the main gate of Jeondeungsa Temple. It has 5 sections on the front and 2 sections on the side with a replica waga, and inside each section are the templates for Jangsakak, Seonwonbogak, and Chwidang. It was originally a two-story pavilion, but it has fallen into disrepair and now remains as a single-story building. The first public house has a gable roof and a single roof.
* Jeondeungsa Myeongbujeon Myeongbujeon, also known as Siwangjeon, is located to the southwest of Yaksajeon. The founding date is unknown, but it is said to have been repaired in the 43rd year of King Yeongjo's reign (1767), the 5th year of King Heonjong's reign (1839), and the 21st year of King Gojong's reign (1844). It has 3 rooms on the front and 2 rooms on the sides, and the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is enshrined inside, as well as 29 statues of kings, ghost kings, judges, generals, and children.

* Jeondeungsa Wooden Buddha Triad Statue, 15th year of King Gwanghaegun of the Joseon Dynasty (1623) It is a wooden Buddha statue created in , with a smooth shape and excellent sense of volume, balance, and carving skills. The Triad Buddha is also called the Three Buddhas, and refers to the three Buddhas of the Dharma Body, the Bodhisattva, and the Avatar. They also serve the current Buddhas, Shakyamuni Buddha, Medicine Buddha, and Amitabha Buddha, as well as the Buddhas of the past, present, and future. It is also called the Three Buddhas. It is stored in the main hall of Jeondeungsa Temple. The height of the main Buddha, Sakyamuni Buddha, is 125cm, the width of the knees is 88cm, and he is sitting in lotus with a smooth face, unusually large ears, proud shoulders and chest, and the hand sign of a monk. The body is wearing a robe with a single right shoulder, and on the chest there is a shape of three petals on the hem of the military robe.

* This building is located to the west of Daeungbojeon in Yaksisajeon of Jeondeungsa Temple and is almost the same style as Daeungbojeon. . The exterior and interior decoration of the building are also similar to Daeungbojeon. The Buddha statue inside the shrine is also a seated statue of Medicine Buddha. Although it is a bit stiff, it is small and well-harmonized. Considering the style of the Buddha statue, it can be seen as a stone Buddha belonging to the late Goryeo period. The architectural style of this building is the Dapo style of the mid-Joseon Dynasty, and it is a single-story moon-built house with 3 rooms on the front and 2 rooms on the side. A masonry foundation stone is placed on a stylobate made of pole stones, and the pillars around the perimeter have a weak baeheulrim. The outer ridge is the 2nd arch in the outer 1st ridge, and the ends of the salmi script on the first and second ridges are all engraved, and on the inside, the height above the ridge is crown-shaped and engraved, but the turrets between pillars are in the form of a cusp. . The characteristic of this building is that although it is a multi-level building, the windows are not square. The interior ceiling has a well ceiling in the center and a rain ceiling around it, and colorful lotus arabesque patterns are painted around it.

* Jeondeungsa Incense Burner Hall The Incense Burner Hall is a building on the right side of the main hall, and monk Nojeon This is where you stay. It is said to have been a storage place for non-public sacrifices with an 8-piece roof spanning 3 sections on the front and 2 sections on the sides, and was the residence of the middle military during the Byeonginyangyo period. Jeondeungsa Temple is located within Samrangseong Fortress, which is said to have been built by the three sons of Dangun, and is said to have been built by the high monk Adohwasang in the 11th year of King Sosurim of Goguryeo (AD 381). At the time of its founding, it was called Jinjongsa Temple.

* It is immediately apparent that the temple bell of Jeondeungsa Temple, designated as a treasure, has a very different form from typical Korean bells. It is a completely Chinese bell, with a total height of 163cm and a base diameter of 1m. The bell tower has a double-shaped receding bell, has no sound barrel, and has a band around the bell body with upper, middle, and lower sections. This temple bell is an iron bell cast at Sungmyeong Temple on Baekam Mountain in Sumu-hyeon, Hoeju, in the fourth year of the Cheoljong lawsuit of the Northern Song Dynasty in China (1097, the second year of King Sukjong of Goryeo). This bell was looted by the Japanese during World War II and placed in the Bupyeong Armory. After liberation, it was stored again in Jeondeungsa Temple by a devout Buddhist and has reached its present state. The bell has a double dragon at the top and 16 lotus petals around the crown. The body of the bell has 8 leaves at the top and several lateral bands at the bottom to separate the top and bottom, and then a vertical line to separate the top and bottom. Four square compartments were prepared. Inscriptions were embossed on the elongated space between these square sections. The bell mouth is made up of eight arms that look like water, as seen in Chinese bells, and the mouth of the rumor is turned along them. The overall shape is similar to the bell of Yeonboksa Temple in Gaeseong, but it is the only bell in Korea designated as a Chinese iron bell treasure, making it a valuable resource for research on Chinese iron bells. In particular, among the inscriptions, the names of the benefactors, co-workers, and craftsmen at the time of casting this bell are embossed, and there are 27 characters called "Daesong Hoeju" near Haran of the bell.

* Jeongjoksan royal residence Gojong of Goryeo 46 (1259) This is the royal palace site built by King Gojong according to the mantra of Baek Seung-heon, who participated in Feng Shui. At that time, when Baek Seung-heon was the king, when Gojong inquired about a suitable capital site, he ordered a family palace to be built in Samnangseong and Sinni-dong. In the 5th year of King Wonjong (1264), when the Mongols requested the king's ancestors, they built a palace and held a ancestral rite at Cheomseongdae on Mt. Manisan to resolve the issue of ancestry. It is said that he declared that once the issue was resolved, the surrounding powers would come and pay tribute. The building was destroyed by the invasion of the Mongolian army, and it is said that even when the king was not residing in this palace at the time, gold needles were laid and clothes were placed as usual.

* Jeongjok Mountain Accident The accident in which the Annals were stored before the Imjin War is an internal accident. There were three foreign sagas, including Chunchugwan, Chungju, Seongju, and Jeonju, but only Jeonju sagas escaped fire during the Japanese invasions of Korea, and all were destroyed. Afterwards, the Jeonju historical manuscript, which had escaped the Japanese invasion of Korea, was moved to Ganghwa near Hanyang, and the restoration work was completed in April, the 39th year of King Seonjo's reign (1606). The original Jeonju historical manuscript was placed in the Manisan historical archives, and the remaining four copies were stored in Chunchugwan, Taebaeksan Mountain, Myohyangsan Mountain, and Odaesan historical records. It was enshrined. As a result of the damage from the Manisan Manchu War and the true fire incident of Sagak in November 1653 (the 4th year of King Hyojong's reign), Jeongjoksan Temple was built and enshrined in Manisan Mountain. However, in 1910, when the country was occupied by Japan, the Jeongjoksan Temple copy was transferred to Taebaeksansa Temple. It was moved to the Academic Affairs Department of the Japanese Government-General of Joseon along with the Annals and books from Kyujanggak, then moved to Gyeongseong Imperial University in 1930, and has been stored in Kyujanggak at Seoul National University since liberation. The accident at Jeongjoksan Mountain was damaged around 1930, leaving only the foundation stone on an empty lot, and it was restored and reorganized as part of the Ganghwa Cultural Project in 1999.

* Jeondeungsa Gangseoldang Seolbeopdang or Samrangseong Fortress at Jeondeungsa Temple was a barracks when it was called Jeongjoksanseong Fortress. It has been confirmed. In 1866, during the Byeonginyangyo period, this was a place where 800 Ganggye fishers were cooking, and here is a painting of Yeongsanhoesang (240cm wide ).