Forest Path of All Beings: The Fir Path to Goyosa

The Forest Path of All Beings is the mountain path into Goyosa, the temple inside the online temple Hapjang (합장). It runs along a fir-lined path and a tunnel of maple leaves into Stream Valley, where a brook flows. Hapjang is an online temple you enter in your browser with nothing to install; on this path you can walk alongside whoever is online right now, or add stones one at a time to the roadside cairns.

Where: Outside the One-Pillar Gate, on the path beyond the temple gate
Sights: Fir-lined path, maple tunnel, the brook in Stream Valley
What you can do: Walk, stack roadside cairns, exchange short messages (outside the temple gate only)
Short messages: Up to 140 characters, to people within 22 m; nothing is kept
Together or alone: You share the same path with everyone online now

Why is the forest path to a mountain temple so long?

Korean mountain temples often sit deep in the mountains, so a long forest path frequently follows the valley up to the temple. This path is seen less as a simple driveway and more as time to set down your hurried pace and let your mind settle. Every temple's path is different, but walking through the sound of water and the shade of trees is a first impression many mountain temples share.

What is Goyosa's Forest Path of All Beings like?

Goyosa is not a copy of one real temple; it is an original temple ground newly built with many Korean mountain temples as reference. At its entrance, the Forest Path of All Beings is lined with tall, straight firs, followed by a maple tunnel where the leaves close overhead. A brook runs through Stream Valley beside the path, so with earphones in, the sound of water stays with you the whole way.

In and around the temple grounds there are about 3,400 trees of 14 species, including pine, fir, Korean maple, and ginkgo, and their colors change with the seasons. The default season is summer.

Things worth trying on the forest path

Stack a cairn: add stones one at a time at the roadside cairn spots. You can place one stone every 5 seconds, and everyone sees and builds the cairns together. See Stacking a stone cairn for details.
Short messages: inside the temple walls there are no speech bubbles, but on the path outside the temple gate you can exchange short messages of up to 140 characters with people within 22 m.
Meet the animals: animals such as the Sapsali dog, squirrels, and water deer live only outside the temple grounds, so you may come across them on the outer path.

Where does the forest path lead?

At the end of the forest path stands Goyosa's first gate, the One-Pillar Gate. Beyond it the path continues across the stream on the Stone Arch Bridge and on to the Heavenly Kings Gate, guarded by the Four Heavenly Kings. For the order of the whole temple, see Korean temple layout and the order to walk it.

Try it in Hapjang

Go to hapjang.com, press [Enter] once, and choose a name and clothing to step into Goyosa. Walk with the WASD keys or by dragging on a PC, or on a phone with the invisible movement pad or by tapping where you want to go. Don't hurry on the forest path; stop for a moment where you can hear the brook. To try another season, add something like ?season=autumn to the end of the address (spring, summer, autumn, winter).

Enter the temple

Frequently asked questions

Can I talk with other people on Hapjang's forest path?

On the path outside the temple gate you can exchange short messages of up to 140 characters with people within 22 m, and nothing is kept. Once you step inside the temple walls, you stay together through breath and gesture, with no speech bubbles.

Can I change the season on the forest path?

The default is summer. Add ?season=spring, summer, autumn, or winter to the address and you will see the forest in that season.

Do the roadside cairns stay forever?

No. Stones you place disappear after 1 hour. One cairn can hold up to 100 stones, and in the meantime other visitors can see the same cairn and build it with you.

Last updated 2026-11-07