Sansa represents a living Buddhist heritage landscape encompassing seven mountain monasteries—Tongdosa, Buseoksa, Bongjeongsa, Beopjusa, Magoksa, Seonamsa, and Daeheungsa—scattered across the Korean Peninsula's remote terrain. These sites embody an unbroken monastic tradition spanning more than fifteen centuries and were recognized by UNESCO for their outstanding testimony to Korean Buddhist culture, distinctive ...