Day 40: Beopjusa Temple

The temple was the reason we came to Songnisan. It was a calm and peaceful area to walk around. The most impressive structure was the thousand buddha temple there. There’s a museum at the start of the area to give more information about the area. We enjoyed this little day trip from Daejeon.

Beopjusa Temple is said to have been established in 553 by the Buddhist monk Uisin. In 776, the temple underwent a large-scale expansion overseen by the monk Jinpyo and continued to grow throughout the Goryeo period (918-1392). It burnt down in the Japanese invasion of 1597, was rebuilt in 1624 by the monks Samyeong and Baekam, and has since undergone several renovations and expansions.Read more