| Podok Hermitage | |
| | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 보덕암 |
| Hanja | 普德庵 |
| RR | Bodeogam |
| MR | Podŏgam |
The Podok Hermitage is a mountain hermitage in Naegang-ri,Kumgang-gun,North Korea. First built during the Koguryo period,it was rebuilt in 1675. The one room building is supported by a single copper pole. The structure is in the middle of a 20-metre-high cliff,leaning against the rock in front of the Podok Grotto. [1]
Since the hermitage's construction in 627,solitary Buddhist monks lived in the structure,looking down at the valley through a hole in the floor. [2]
This hermitage was depicted by many Korean painters. Among them: