Jogyesan

Jogyesan, or Mount Jogye, is a mountain of South Jeolla Province, southwestern South Korea. It has an elevation of 887 metres. It is the main attraction of Mount Jogye Provincial Park (조계산도립공원).

It takes its name from the Jogye Order, which founded a key monastery, Songgwang Temple, on this mountain. The order, in turn, is named after the southern Chinese hamlet of Caoxi (‘Cao Creek’, pronounced Jogye in Korean), where the historically influential Nanhua Temple stands.