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The main mountain and mother mountain of the Taebaek Mountain Range, Mt. Taebaek has long been considered a sacred mountain and has been used for ceremonies to the heavens! When you climb the altar to heaven at the top of Mt. Taebaek, you will come across a path to Yuilsa Temple, which is hidden in the steep foothills. The nuns of this temple, which is often covered in snow and isolated in the winter, are having the busiest time preparing for winter before the harsh winter begins. The nuns are busy preparing for winter by covering food ingredients to keep them from freezing in the long winter, preparing dongchimi to serve to believers on the winter solstice, and covering the stairs to the main hall with non-woven fabric to prevent them from freezing. Winter has come without fail and the winds are blowing so strong that they feel like they are about to sway, but the monks’ daily lives, for whom preparing for winter is just one part of their practice, are uninterrupted. The monks, who finish all preparations for winter and eat a simple meal of rice and bean sprout soup, laugh, saying that even this is sufficiently abundant, saying that happiness begins from lack. What kind of winter scenery do the monks of Yuilsa, a small temple located deep in the mountains, see in Gangwon-do? #KoreanTravelTasteofWinterGangwon-do #Taebaeksan #Cheonjedan #Yuilsa #BhikkhuniTemple #WinterPreparation