Pohyeon Temple

Pohyon-sa is a Korean Buddhist temple located in Hyangsan county in North Pyong'an Province, North Korea. It is located within the Myohyang Mountains. Founded under the Koryo dynasty at the start of the 11th century, the temple flourished as one of the greatest centers of Buddhism in the north of Korea, and became a renowned place of pilgrimage.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: North Korean Buddhist temple
  • Also known as: “Bohyeon-sa”, “Bohyeonsa”, and “Pohyonsa”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include International Friendship Exhibition.

Museum
Photo: Martin Cígler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a large complex located at Myohyangsan, , . It is a collection of halls that house gifts presented to former leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il from various foreign dignitaries. is situated 410 metres southwest of Pohyeon Temple.

Pohyeon Temple

Latitude
40.00846° or 40° 0′ 31″ north
Longitude
126.23479° or 126° 14′ 5″ east
Inception
1042
Open location code
8QG8265M+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 398175368
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q840749
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Pohyeon Temple” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pohyonsa”
  • Aragonese: “Pohyonsa”
  • Arpitan: “Pohyonsa”
  • Asturian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Bambara: “Pohyonsa”
  • Basque: “Pohyonsa”
  • Bavarian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Breton: “Pohyonsa”
  • Cajun French: “Pohyonsa”
  • Catalan: “Pohyonsa”
  • Chinese: “妙香山普賢寺”
  • Chinese: “普贤寺”
  • Corsican: “Pohyonsa”
  • Croatian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Czech: “Pohyonsa”
  • Danish: “Pohyonsa”
  • Dutch: “Pohyonsa”
  • Esperanto: “Pohyonsa”
  • Estonian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Finnish: “Pohyonsa”
  • French: “monastère de Pohyon”
  • French: “monastère de Pohyôn”
  • French: “Pohyonsa”
  • Friulian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Galician: “Pohyonsa”
  • German: “Pohyonsa”
  • Hindi: “समन्त भद्द विहार”
  • Hindi: “समन्तभद्दविहार”
  • Hungarian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Ido: “Pohyonsa”
  • Indonesian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Interlingua: “Pohyonsa”
  • Interlingue: “Pohyonsa”
  • Irish: “Pohyonsa”
  • Italian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Pohyonsa”
  • Japanese: “普賢寺”
  • Kabyle: “Pohyonsa”
  • Kongo: “Pohyonsa”
  • Korean: “보현사”
  • Latvian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Ligurian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Limburgan: “Pohyonsa”
  • Lithuanian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Low German: “Pohyonsa”
  • Luxembourgish: “Pohyonsa”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Pohyonsa”
  • Malagasy: “Pohyonsa”
  • Malay: “Pohyonsa”
  • Minangkabau: “Pohyonsa”
  • Narom: “Pohyonsa”
  • Neapolitan: “Pohyonsa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pohyonsa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pohyonsa”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pohyonsa”
  • Pali: “Samantabhaddavihāra”
  • Pali: “𑀲𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀪𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀸𑀭”
  • Papiamento: “Pohyonsa”
  • Picard: “Pohyonsa”
  • Piemontese: “Pohyonsa”
  • Polish: “Pohyŏn sa”
  • Portuguese: “Pohyonsa”
  • Prussian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Romagnol: “Pohyonsa”
  • Romanian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Romansh: “Pohyonsa”
  • Russian: “Храм Похёнса”
  • Sardinian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Scots: “Pohyonsa”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Pohyonsa”
  • Serbian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Sicilian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Slovak: “Pohyonsa”
  • Spanish: “Pohyŏn-sa”
  • Spanish: “Pohyŏnsa”
  • Spanish: “Templo Pohyeon”
  • Swahili: “Pohyonsa”
  • Swedish: “Pohyonsa”
  • Swiss German: “Pohyonsa”
  • Turkish: “Pohyonsa”
  • Urdu: “سمنت بھدّ وہار”
  • Urdu: “سمنتبھدّوہار”
  • Venetian: “Pohyonsa”
  • Vietnamese: “Pohyonsa”
  • Vlaams: “Pohyonsa”
  • Volapük: “Pohyonsa”
  • Walloon: “Pohyonsa”
  • Welsh: “Pohyonsa”
  • Wolof: “Pohyonsa”
  • Zulu: “Pohyonsa”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chonwang Gate and Tabo Pagoda.

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