동국사
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Official place information Opens in a new tabDongguksa is recorded in Jeolla · Gunsan, under the category Historical attraction.
Its origins lie in Geumgang Seonsa, also called Geumgangsa, established in August 1909 by Uchida (內田佛觀), a Japanese Sōtō Buddhist monk, on 1-jotong in Gunsan's foreign settlement. Geumgangsa was then a Buddhist mission station.
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Use the original Korean address in the visitor-information card for taxi or map searches; it is kept in Korean to avoid an unverified translation.
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