Pyeongchang

P'yŏngch'ang lies among the mountains of Korea's eastern interior. Its district includes Mount Odae, a revered Buddhist landscape of temples and hermitages. At Wŏlchŏngsa stands an octagonal nine-storey stone pagoda dating from the Koryŏ period. Tradition holds that the monk Naong stayed at nearby Mirŭgam after returning from China, before King Kongmin summoned him to the capital to serve as royal preceptor.