Temple History Hongryongsa Temple is located on the western slopes of Mt. Cheonseongsan (920.1 m) in Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam. The name of the mountain means “Thousand Saints/Sages Mountain” in English, while the name of the temple means “Rainbow Dragon Temple.” The name of the temple comes from a myth and the waterfall that flows at the temple. The spray from the waterfall often forms a rainbow, and there once lived a golden dragon that lived in the pooling water beneath this waterfall. Eventually, this dragon would ride a rainbow up into the sky and disappear. This type of dragon is known as a Heavenly Dragon, or “Cheonryong” in Korean. In Buddhism…