Yaksuam Hermitage (Busan)

Yaksu-angam is a temple belonging to the Daehan Buddhist Phak-hwa Sect, located in the foothills of Baegyangsan Mountain in Sasang-gu, Busan Metropolitan City. It is said to have been founded around 1890 by the monk Gyeongpa, together with the bodhisattvas Jocheongjeonghwa, Bokboriwha, and Seobonseongwool. Since the 1950s, Seungmyeong monk has served as abbot for 55 years, promoting Buddhist practice and establishing the current form of the temple. Yaksu-angam consists of the Daewongjeon, Yaksajeon, Samseonggak, Jonggak, and Yosah. The Daewongjeon has a front size of three bays and side sizes of two bays, with a pallokkak roof and a jumso-po style, and was constructed as a wooden building in the early 1950s. The Samseonggak, built in the early -1950s at the same time as the Daewongjeon, has a front size of three bays and side size of one bay, with a pallokkak roof and a jumso-po style. There is no exterior painting, and there is one window on the right outer wall. The Yaksajeon, built in 1999 as a cement structure with a pallokkak shape, has an external eave and features exterior murals on eight sides, depicting themes of mountains and water, flowers, and figures.