Goransa Temple, Buddhist temple in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

Goransa Temple is a Buddhist temple in Chungcheongnam-do situated at the base of tall cliffs overlooking the Baengmagang River. The compound includes multiple traditional Korean buildings arranged among natural rock formations and wooded slopes.

Goransa's founding is dated only by inference to the late Baekje period; no detailed records survive. One tradition holds it was a pavilion or inner palace shrine for Baekje kings, another that it was built in 1028, in the 19th year of Goryeo's King Hyeonjong, to appease the spirits of palace women who died at Nakhwaam. Its main hall was moved from Sunggaksa in Eunsan and rebuilt in 1797, the 21st year of Joseon's King Jeongjo.

The temple's name comes from the Gorancho fern growing in the rock crevices behind it. According to legend, Baekje kings favored the spring water from Goranjeong and sent court ladies to fetch it, having them float two or three Gorancho leaves on the water as proof of its source.

The temple sits on the cliffside below Nakhwaam, on the north bank of the Baengmagang in Busosan. Buses from Buyeo Bus Terminal stop at Goransa Temple, about a 10-minute walk from the stop. The grounds are small: a main hall, a monks' quarters and a bell pavilion.

Goranjeong, the spring behind the temple, is not a well but a rock spring; Baekje kings had court ladies fetch its water and float two or three Gorancho leaves on it as proof of where it came from. The fern Crypsinus hastatus grows in the crevice above it.