Yakcheonsa

[1] The area the temple is now located at has a mineral water spring called in the Jeju language Dwaeksaemi (돽새미).

The spring was also called Doyaksaem (도약샘; 道藥泉), in reference to its supposed healing properties; this eventually inspired the name of Yakcheonsa.

[2] Around 1960, a monk named Kim Pyeong-gon (김평곤) prayed in a natural cave near the eventual site of the temple.

In 1981, a Buddhist monk named Hyein (혜인) decided to build a more permanent temple in the area, and construction began in 1988.

Construction concluded in 1996; at which point they claimed the building was the single largest Buddhist temple in East Asia.

Other facilities of the temple in front of the main building (2023)
The main Buddha statues in the main temple building (2009)