What Is Hapjang? An Online Korean Temple in Your Browser

Hapjang (합장) is an online temple you enter from a PC or phone browser. People who are online right now share one 3D temple ground called Goyosa, newly built with many Korean mountain temples as reference, and keep each other company through breath and gestures instead of a chat box. There is no sign-up, login or payment: open hapjang.com and press [Enter] once.

What: A real-time 3D online mountain temple that runs in your browser
Address: hapjang.com — no install, sign-up, login or payment
Who is there: Up to 5,000 people in one shared temple ground
Devices: PC browser or phone browser (earphones recommended)
Languages: Korean (한국어), English, 日本語, 中文 (Simplified), ไทย, Tiếng Việt
Motto: Goyosa, where we stay together through breath instead of words

What is Hapjang?

Hapjang is a place to step into Goyosa, a temple on your screen and rest for a while. There is no app to install; it opens straight in your browser. Once inside, you can walk through a fir forest and past a stream to the One-Pillar Gate, the courtyard and the Main Buddha Hall.

The temple is called Mt. Goyo · Goyosa. It is not a copy of any real temple; it is an original temple ground, newly built with the look of many Korean mountain temples as reference.

Who is it for?

People who want to try meditation or seated practice but don't know where to start
People curious about a Korean temple stay who can't travel to a mountain temple right now
People who want five quiet minutes to breathe, between tasks or before bed
People who want to learn about Korean temple scenery and etiquette in a language other than Korean

What can you do in Hapjang?

The core practice is breathing. Sit on a meditation cushion and follow the guide of a 4-second inhale and a 6-second exhale, with no time limit. Beyond that, you can slowly try practices handed down in Korean mountain temples, right in front of your screen.

Palms together, half bows and full bows and 108 bows
Prayer beads, the singing bowl and sutra copying
The mindful bowl meal, shared work, pagoda circling and the slow walk
Offering incense, hanging a wish lantern and ringing the temple bell
Simply staying a while at the Koi Pond, the Worry-Melting Hot Spring or the Campfire Nook

How is it different from other meditation apps?

Hapjang is not a voice guide you listen to alone. It is one temple ground that many people share at the same time. The incense you offer, the courtyard of leaves you swept together and the cairn you stacked together are visible to everyone else online.

Even so, no speech bubbles appear inside the temple grounds (within the walls). Instead the screen shows how many people are breathing with you, such as "N people breathing together," and when you meet someone you greet them with a half bow. It is designed so you can feel someone is beside you without a word. Read more in Together without words.

What Hapjang is not

It is not a restoration or reproduction of a real temple, and it does not use the names of real temples.
It is not a treatment or counseling service. It is a place to rest your mind, not a substitute for medical care.
There are no accounts, payments or item shops. You just choose a name and clothing and walk in.

Which devices and languages can you use?

It runs in PC and phone browsers that support WebGL. Phones vary a lot in performance, so if it feels heavy, enter at a lower quality setting. There are six interface languages, which you can change on the first screen or in the menu. To get started, see How to enter and controls.

Try it in Hapjang

On hapjang.com, press [Enter] and choose a name and clothing, and you start at the entrance of the forest path. You can follow the path to the One-Pillar Gate and sit on a cushion in the Main Buddha Hall, or, on a PC, press the 1 key anywhere to start breathing right away. To leave, press [Leave the temple] in the menu and, if you like, note how you feel on a 0–10 scale.

Enter the temple

Frequently asked questions

Is Hapjang free?

Yes. Hapjang (합장) is Goyosa, an online temple you can use right away by opening hapjang.com in your browser, with no sign-up, login or payment.

Is Goyosa in Hapjang a real temple?

No. Goyosa is an original temple ground newly built with many Korean mountain temples as reference. It is not a copy of any real temple.

Is Hapjang a game or a meditation app?

It resembles a game in being a real-time 3D space, but there are no scores or competition. It is closer to an online place of rest where you stay in the same temple ground as others and try temple practices such as breathing, bows and prayer beads.

Can I talk with other people in Hapjang?

Inside the temple grounds (within the walls) there are no speech bubbles; you stay together through half bows and breathing together. Only outside the temple gate can you exchange short messages of up to 140 characters with people nearby (within 22 m), and those messages are not recorded.

Can Hapjang cure mental health problems?

Hapjang is a place to rest for a while, not a place for treatment or counseling. If you are struggling a lot, please get professional help. In Korea you can call the suicide prevention line 109 (24 hours); elsewhere, contact your local emergency number.

Last updated 2026-11-07