Cheongsong has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwa), but can be considered a borderline humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa) using the −3 °C (27 °F) isotherm.

It was developed in Chongsong and Youngyang, hence the portmanteau, "CheongYang"[3] Daejeonsa Temple is the largest in Cheongsong-gun.

1570, and in its procession is the woodblock of a handwritten letter from Lee Yeo-song, a general of the Ming Dynasty, to Samyeong Daisa.

The floating monastery was built for the purpose of the film, and Kim obtained permission from the authorities to keep it there for a year.

Filming took place over the course of that year, numbering 22 days in total, after which the set was removed and destroyed.