Overview
Naewonsa is a temple located at the foot of Samgaksan Mountain, and after climbing about 1 km through the Jeongneung Valley, you can see Mokmeo Mountain in the distance. Although the exact date and who founded it are not clearly known, one can sense that the site is anything but ordinary. Historically, the only evidence of Naewonsa's existence is currently the 'Complete Picture of the First Virtue' created by Kim Jeong-ho, and the woodblock 'White-Robed Great Bodhisattva Buddha Painting,' created in 1859 (the 10th year of King Cheoljong's reign) and handed down at the temple. The Suseon Jeondo marks Naewonam in the same location as where Naewonsa is currently located, and the woodblock of the 'Baekui Daesa Buddha Painting' records it as Samgaksan Naewonam (三角山內院庵), indicating that Dharma lanterns were maintained in the first half of the 19th century. It is inevitable that we cannot help but wonder when and for what reason Naewonsa disappeared into history. That makes the fleeting nature of time feel even more apparently. Even today, amid the impermanence of the long moss-covered stone walls beneath Beomjongnu, traces of time are evident, and the nectar water rising from the cracks in the rocks silently flows as if forgetting the temple's rise and fall. Source: Naewonsa