I headed for Wolchul-san mountain national park in YeongAm area after looking around Kemsan-sa temple.
Wolchulsan means the mountain of moon rising.
In Oriental society moon means Yin in Yin-Yang philosophy.
So I guess that Wolchul-san is related to Yin.
But unlike the meaning of the name, Wolchulsan looks like very masculine.
The rocks were outstanding in Wolchul-san.
It looked really wonderful, but it was not easy to photography its appearance due to my poor capability and the weather. The micro dust was disturbing me to take clean shots.
I had stayed for several days near Wolchul-san mountain though, the micro dust stayed in this area with me.
The micro dust seemed to try to make a friend with me.
My first destination in Wolchul-san was Dogap-sa temple which was built in Goryeo Dynasty.
The road to Dogap-sa temple was empty, so I could enjoy driving in empty country road.
After parking my car, I walked along the road to get to the temple.
The road to the temple was not so long, but it was very nice.
It was about 5 o’clock when I got there. So sunlight was softened.
The pond along the road was twinkled continuously with the reflection of the sun.
It was almost impossible for me to sustain the peace of my mind.
My mind was endlessly moving from here to there.
The surface of the pond reflected by the evening sunlight seemed as same as my mind.
The circumstance of the road to the temple became quiet with the setting sun.
Finally I arrived at the entrance gate of Dogap-sa temple.
The name of the gate was Haetal-mun, meaning the gate of the true realization.
This gate was designated as the National treasury for the style of the architecture.
It was written in the explanation board that the style of the architecture in this gate was very unique.
I looked carefully this gate, but nothing was impressive to me.
Instead of this gate, the stone steps in front of the gate was more impressive for me.
Unlike other temple, the patterns of the ornaments of the step looked like the tai chi, or the Great Absolute.
Passing through the gate, I entered into the temple.