What you'll hear inside Bulguksa Temple:

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  Pabellón Daeungjeon

  The Daeungjeon Pavilion, whose name translates as 'Hall of the Great Hero', is the principal building at Bulguksa Temple and the symbolic heart of your visit through the complex.

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  Cheongungyo and Baegungyo Bridges

  The twin stone bridges of Cheongungyo and Baegungyo – literally the 'Blue Cloud' and 'White Cloud' bridges – form a double staircase leading to Jahamun gate, the entrance to the temple's main…

• 3
  Yonhwagyo and Chilbogyo Bridges

  The Yonhwagyo ('Lotus Flower Bridge') and Chilbogyo ('Seven Treasures Bridge') formed the original entrance stairway to Geungnakjeon Hall, the Hall of Supreme Bliss dedicated to Amitabha Buddha.

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  Birojeon Hall

  The Birojeon Hall is the main pavilion within Bulguksa Temple, dedicated to Vairocana Buddha.

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  Geungnakjeon Pavilion

  Geungnakjeon Hall, the 'Hall of Supreme Bliss', embodies the Western Pure Land—the Buddhist celestial paradise where devotees seek rebirth to attain enlightenment more readily.

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  Salón Gwaneumjeon

  Gwaneumjeon is the highest pavilion within the Bulguksa Temple complex in Gyeongju, positioned on the upper terrace.

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  Gyeongju Museum Hall

  The Museoljeon Hall sits directly behind Daeungjeon, the main hall, and is known as the 'Hall of Non-Teaching'—a deliberately paradoxical Buddhist name.

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  Nahanjon Pavilion

  Nahanjeon is a hall within Bulguksa temple dedicated to the arhats—Buddhist disciples who achieved enlightenment.

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  Pagoda Saritap

  Saritap Pagoda, meaning "relic pagoda," is a Buddhist stone shrine located in a small courtyard adjoining Birojeon Hall.