Inwangsa () is a
Buddhist
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temple
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of the
Bonwon Order on the mountain
Inwangsan
Inwangsan () is a mountain in central Seoul, South Korea. It is in parts of Jongno District and Seodaemun District and has a height of . The name literally means "compassionate/benevolent king" in Korean. The mountain covers an area of 1,086,69 ...
, in
Muak-dong,
Jongno District
upright=1, Bosingak bell pavilion
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,
Seoul
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, South Korea.
It consists of a number of hermitages that are together referred to as "Inwangsa".
History
When
King Taejo of
Joseon Dynasty
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established the capital city in Seoul, he assigned Josaeng (), a monk from a Buddhist temple affiliated to the royal court as the head monk of the new temple to establish it at the site.
The temple was destroyed during the
1592–1598 Japanese invasions of Korea and after the
Manchu invasions of Korea. Afterwards, the former site was neglected for centuries. In 1912, during the
Japanese colonial period, the temple was rebuilt by P'ak Sŏnmuk (). It was continually expanded over the following decades. It was made a subsidiary temple of another temple in Seoul,
Bongeunsa.
The temple now consists of a number of hermitages that are together collectively called Inwangsa.
See also
*
List of Buddhist temples in Seoul
This is a list of Buddhist temples in Seoul, South Korea.
List
See also
*Korean Buddhist temples
*Korean Buddhism
References
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Buddhist temples in Seoul,
Tourist attractions in Seoul
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*
Korean Buddhism
Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what its early practitioners saw as inconsistencies within the Mahayana Buddhist traditions that they received from foreign countries. To address this, they ...
References
External links
14th-century Buddhist temples
Buddhist temples in Seoul
Jongno District
14th-century establishments in Korea
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