Seouldestinations; Danyang Fish Tournament As Well As Guinsa Temple

Danyangun is a resort place inwards North Chungcheong, South Korea. It is surrounded past times 3 national parks which solid a lake, scattered caves as well as temples. On the weekend of Saturday, Oct twelfth the metropolis hosted an angler line-fishing tournament for locals. I attended the tournament accompanied past times invitee speaker Alan Timblick. We spent the weekend touring the surface area as well as viewing the contest.

Danyangun is a beautiful as well as ready clean surface area located 2 hours past times autobus from Seoul. It is 83.6% mountainous, full of picturesque scenery as well as an ideal resort place for hiking as well as paragliding. The rivers as well as lakes furnish ample opportunities for H2O sports. Upon arriving inwards the area, it is slow to notice the departure inwards air lineament from Seoul (partially every bit a outcome of the express manufacturing inwards the area).

Guests tending the Danyang Angler Fish Tournament

Alan Timblick receiving a GyunJi rod from the Mayor of Dayang

Angler line-fishing has long been identified every bit a role of the area's culture. To snuff it on to railroad train locals inwards this tradition, the town hosts a semi-annual line-fishing tournament. Korea has a unique agency of angler line-fishing referred to every bit Gyeonji. To fish effectively, using this style, ane must hold out submerged inwards the H2O or on a raft. The anglers utilize a rod called a GyunJi which consists of a curt pole as well as web-like foursquare at its base. Fishing string as well as a claw are attached to the spider web and fishermen stand upwards inwards the H2O upstream amongst the string flowing downstream. The agency has been goodness inwards Korea for hundreds of years amongst documentation tracing it dorsum to at to the lowest degree 1764. Visitors to the festival tin lookout adult man locals of all ages perfecting the science of Gyenoji fishing.

Alan Timblick speaking at a lecture that was held during the Angler Fishing Tournament

Located close Danyang inwards the Sobaek Mountains is Guinsa Temple. Guinsa translates to "Temple of Salvation as well as Kindness". It is an administrative optic amongst over 140 sub-temples and heritages of the Cheontae sect. The many elements of the temple transform the surface area into its ain village, tucked quietly into the mountains. The scale is as well as thence grand that 10,000 monks tin alive hither at whatever point. Guinsa is largely self sufficient. A large farm organisation allows monks to grow their ain nutrient which they gear upwards as well as eat inside the temple.

The temple's construction follows architecture styles similar to virtually Buddhist temples inwards Korea. Uniquely, it's structures are multiple stories high, inwards contrast to the ane or 2 story temples that brand upwards the bulk of those inwards Korea. This gives the temple a unique blueprint as well as makes for a real beautiful site.

The master copy edifice inwards Guinsa is the 5-Story Dharma Law Hall. The floors consist of meditation halls, shrines as well as prayer rooms. Housed on the hall's roof is Daejosajon or the Great Teacher Hall. From this surface area beautiful views of the temple complex, surrounding mountains as well as valleys tin hold out seen without obstruction. During our visit, it was a spectacular house to give away the Fall foliage.

For a weekend get-away I highly recommend taking a trip to Danyangun. It's many natural attractions should non hold out missed. Guinsa Temple is similar no other! For to a greater extent than data inwards English linguistic communication Click Here!

Buses are available from Seoul every hour. The trip takes about 2 hours.