Yeongeunsa Temple Site

Yeongeunsa Temple was built in 636, the 37th year of King Mu of Baekje, by the monk Yeongeun-josa, and is said to have originally comprised about fifty buildings. It is recorded that Seon Master Haengan rebuilt it in 1098, the third year of King Sukjong of Goryeo, but its history in the intervening period is not known. Later, in 1567, the 22nd year of King Myeongjong of Joseon, Great Master Huimuk is said to have built the main hall and the yosa, the monks' living quarters. In 1639, the 17th year of King Injo, Great Master Buyong repaired the shrine and gilded the Buddhist statues, and in 1779, the third year of King Jeongjo, Great Master Yeongun again repaired the Daeungjeon Hall, the Siwangjeon Hall (Hall of the Ten Kings) and the yosa. In more recent times, Seon Master Maegok repaired the Daeungjeon Hall and newly built the Myeongbujeon Hall (Hall of the Underworld) and the yosa in 1938, but all the buildings were destroyed by fire in 1951 during the Korean War, after which the yosa and the Daeungjeon Hall were rebuilt. Under the government's national park development plan, the Ilju Gate, the Myeongbujeon Hall, the Jeonghyeru Pavilion and the Cheonwangmun Gate (Gate of the Four Heavenly Kings) were newly erected. In 1979, true sarira relics of Sakyamuni Buddha were also enshrined here, brought from India. Yeongeunsa Temple has a famous three-bay gate tower called Jeonghyeru, begun in 1467, the 12th year of King Sejo, and completed the following year, believed to have been built when the temple was at the height of its prosperity.

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Where it is

Region

Jeongeup, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물