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Two women, one with a pink parasol, visit the Bubyeokru Pavilion.
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Two women, one with a pink parasol, visit the Bubyeokru Pavilion, an early Buddhist temple in Pyongyang (or Phyŏngyang Chikhalsi), the capital of North Korea. Korean Buddhist temples are a distinctive feature on the Korean landscape. Most have names ending in "-sa," which means "temple."
Religions in North Korea have included Buddhism, Confucianism, Shamanism, Chongdogyo, Christianity; however, autonomous religious activities have been virtually nonexistent since 1945.
Buddism in North Korea can be traced back to the Goguryeo Kingdom as early as the year 372. Two years later, Ado, a Chinese monk arrived and inspired King Sosurim to convert. By 375, the king had ordered the first two temples, Seongmunsa and Ilbullansa, to be built, and Buddhism soon became the national religion of the kingdom.
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