Yongin Waujeongsa Temple

Waujeongsa Temple in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, is a modern Buddhist temple distinguished by its collection of over 3,000 Buddhist statues and religious sculpture, one of the largest single-temple Buddhist-statue collections in Korea. The temple was founded in the 1970s by a private Buddhist patron who spent decades collecting Buddhist sculpture from across Asia — the resulting collection includes Buddhist statues from Korea (Silla, Goryeo, and Joseon periods), Japan, China, Tibet, Myanmar, Thailand, and other Asian Buddhist traditions. The compound's signature feature is a 3-meter reclining Buddha statue and a set of 12 stone zodiac-animal statues that circle the main worship complex, alongside the main Buddha Hall which houses several of the most significant sculptural pieces. The comparative-Buddhist-art breadth makes Waujeongsa an unusual destination for travelers interested in the diversity of Asian Buddhist sculptural traditions in a single compound. Free entry. Allow about 90 minutes. Access: about 30 minutes from Yongin city center by taxi. Pair with the broader Yongin cultural attractions including Handok Museum (batch 10 verified — pharmaceutical heritage), Korean Folk Village (batch 11 blog batch — 1974 traditional-village reconstruction), Simgokseowon Confucian Academy (batch 2 verified), and Everland theme park for a full Yongin cultural-and-Buddhist-art day.