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Now travel back in time to the Three Kingdom Period. On the southern end of Ganghwado (take a bus to Onsuri from town), about 16 km (10 miles) south of Ganghwa town, is one of the oldest temples in Korea, Jeondeung-sa, the "Temple of the Inherited Lamp". A Goryeo queen named Jeondeung-sa after a jade lamp presented to the temple. Formerly called Jinjong-sa, it was built in AD 381 by a famous monk named Ado. Legend has it that the wall surrounding the temple was constructed by three princes to fortify the monastery. Thus the fortress was named Samnangseong, or the castle "Castle of Three Flowers of Youth".


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