SHORE EXCURSIONS
Busan B / 6 hours
Tour Highlights
- Tongdosa Temple
Busan - Yangsan - Busan (- - -) 130km
Upon calling at Busan, your tour guide greets you at the cruise terminal to takes you on a tour of Busan. Your exploration today combined with a considerable amount of walk begins with a visit to the 7th century Tongdosa, representing the Temple of the Buddha. The approach to the temple is completely entrancing. Magnificently set by a lane of pine trees dancing in the wind and beside which a mountain stream sings a babbling song, a distinctive and exalting place. The main worship hall is unique in that it does not contain a statue of the Buddha, but rather a window looking out onto the Diamond Precepts Altar with a bell-shaped stupa that contains the cremated remains of the Buddha himself. You will find the temple more like a museum as it houses many local treasures and cultural properties.
