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Why a retired priest went to a remote valley in Jirisan KBS Documentary Insight - Life Garden: I am a mountain priest 23.06.08 Broadcast

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#JirisanCheonghakdong #RetiredPriest #GardenofLife ▶ A priest who went to a remote valley in Jirisan 650m above sea level, a deep mountain valley in Hadong, Gyeongsangnam-do where not even buses run. There lives a 76-year-old priest who retired from 40 years of pastoral work. His name is Father Kang Yeong-gu. He lives in a cabin at the foot of Jirisan, and in the front yard he cultivates a small garden with hydrangeas, plum trees, magnolias, and daylilies, and on the mountain behind him he takes care of a sequoia tree that he planted himself and a green tea forest that is fresh all year round. He has been climbing the mountain without fail since he was first assigned to a parish in an island village in his twenties. He loves mountains so much that he named the small cabin he lives in now ‘Angsanjae (仰山齋)’, which means ‘a house that looks up at the mountain’. Unlike most retired priests who move into retirement homes, he had his own reasons for choosing to spend the rest of his life in the mountains, which were extremely uncomfortable. ▶ No Me, Joy of Living for Others Right after the Korean War, when everyone was poor. The young boy first encountered Catholicism when he heard that they would feed him and teach him, and he entered a seminary. After living in a medieval monastery-style life isolated from the world for 10 years, he finally became a priest, went to study in Rome, and lived a busy life as a parish priest and a seminary professor. What he realized in the process was that a priest is someone who shares in life, and that he should find joy in that sharing. When rumors spread throughout the valley that a retired priest was living in the mountains, and people began to flock there one by one, he did not turn them away. He named it a mountain village community with no rules or offerings, held mass for them, visited the houses of his mountain village neighbors, planted trees, and made things with his own hands when they needed them. Even though he lives in the smallest and most shabby house in the mountain village, he is the one who enjoys the most abundant joy. He is Father Kang Young-gu. ▶ A message of life from a retired priest This program was filmed for one year from last summer to this spring. By following Father Kang Young-gu’s footsteps, we were able to capture the beautiful four seasons of Jirisan and the simple scenery of the cabin garden on video. Also, we were able to see that his life in the mountain village was not a break from the past, but a time for him to organize and reflect on himself as a monk in solitude. A seventy-six-year-old retired priest who faces himself more fiercely and honestly than anyone else. His life asks us. How should I live? What is true happiness? This program is a one-year journey to find the answers.

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