At the turn of the century, Buddhist layman Yi Kab-yong built about
80 stone pagodas over a period of 10 years under a cliff of the southern
part of Mt. Maisan. He gathered stones from all over Korea for the pagodas,
some of which are 10 meters tall. Adhering to strict asceticism and living
on raw herbs and pine needles, he piled up stones day after day; they are
so solidly placed that years of wind and storms have failed to destroy
any of the pagodas.
A legend of T'apsa says that if one changes the water in the bowl offered
to the Buddha inside the temple in winter, a mysterious 10-15-centimeter-long
icicle will spring up from the bowl.
T'apsa Temple TEL : (0655)32-0662
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