. Peking and the overland route. FuHttii Kuilway Slati(iii 172 THE KONGO-SAN (DIAMOND MOUNTAIN). One ImiKlrcd iiiilis Xorth-cast of Kcijyd is Koiiifo-suiior Diaiiioiul MoniitHiu. Alth()UL;li not yet widely knownto tourists, it is rumoiis ;iiiu»ii<f the Koreun and Chinesepeoples as the sacred centre of Buddhism. \Vheii tiiisreligion was at the hei(?ht of its prosperity, there stoodon the niovuitain one hundred and eight monasteriesaltogether all of which were built in the most gorgeousstyle of the time. As Buddhism declined in Chosen mostof these temjiles fell into decay and many were destro
. Peking and the overland route. FuHttii Kuilway Slati(iii 172 THE KONGO-SAN (DIAMOND MOUNTAIN). One ImiKlrcd iiiilis Xorth-cast of Kcijyd is Koiiifo-suiior Diaiiioiul MoniitHiu. Alth()UL;li not yet widely knownto tourists, it is rumoiis ;iiiu»ii<f the Koreun and Chinesepeoples as the sacred centre of Buddhism. \Vheii tiiisreligion was at the hei(?ht of its prosperity, there stoodon the niovuitain one hundred and eight monasteriesaltogether all of which were built in the most gorgeousstyle of the time. As Buddhism declined in Chosen mostof these temjiles fell into decay and many were destroyedby fire and nexer rebuilt. There still remain betweenforty and hfty monasteries and most of them, althoughshowing signs of age, are in a well-preserved condition,telling of the by-gone days of glory. These arc inhabit-ed by monks and nuns who lead the life of hermits,spending their days in meditation and worship, andexcluding themselves from the outside (-eiliiig of Clioaiiji Temple In no part of Eastern Asia can finer mountainscenery be found. Within a radius of thirty miles itforms a gallery of landscape pictures without equal ; itsgrotesque masses of wooded gorges, wounderfulconforma-tioii of jagged peaks, and its picturestpie ravines canneither be described nor i) 173 >Vith its cxliilarHiiii^f air, pure atni()S])lurc aiul brac-iii;,f cliniatc it is an ideal summer resort. Onseiri, a stiial) \i!la<,e situated amidst majjnilieeiitseeuery at the base of the Diamond Mountain. Thevillage contains, besides a ])ost oMiee and a ,i,t;ndarmeriedetachment station, four .Jaj^anese and ten Korean inns,and a few small shops. Onseiri is tlu startin<, point forthe various ])laees of interest in the Koufjo-san. Hotel. Kouffo-san Hotel (oj)en from June 1st to ). The hotel is situated amidst the ijnmdestscenery, and s pn»\i(led with e\erv UKKlern conNcni-encc.
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