Seated Daeseongsa Temple Wooden Buddha

Daeseongsa is a temple located above the Seoul Arts Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul; it burned down during the Korean War and was rebuilt in 1954. The Buddha image enshrined at Daeseongsa is said to have been made by the monk Baek Yong-seong, one of the 33 national representatives who signed the Declaration of Independence during the March First Movement of 1919. It is said that in the first year of King Chimnyu, the 15th ruler of Baekje (384), the Indian monk Marananta fell ill while travelling to Baekje to preach the Buddhist teachings, and was cured by spring water from Umyeonsan Mountain. He therefore founded Daeseong Chodang, a thatched hermitage, at the foot of Umyeonsan Mountain, and this Daeseongsa on Umyeonsan Mountain became a sacred site of Baekje Buddhism. It is said that during the reign of King Myeongjong of Joseon, the Venerable Bou stayed at this temple and conceived his plans for the revival of Buddhism. Daeseongsa is famous as a sacred site where the great monk Baek Yong-seong, with Han Yong-un at the fore, joined with Son Byeong-hui, head of Cheondogyo, the Christian pastor Gil Seon-ju, and the Christian pastor Lee Pil-ju, so that the three religions united in pursuing the revival of both the nation and religion.

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Where it is

Region

Seocho-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산