In the 37th of year
of reign of Baekjemuwang,
Yongeunjosa, the great
priest erected a big
temple with 50 buildings
around where the stupa
now stands and called
it Youngeungsa temple.
In the third year
of reign of Sukjong
in Goryeo dynasty(1098),
Hanganseonsa, a priest,
reconstructed Jeongakdangwoo,
but when the monks
turned into the thieves
misbehaving badly
stirring up the public
sentiment, the Royal
court in the 34th
year of Jungjong(1539)
suppressed the stir
up and ordered to
burn down the temple.
Afterwards, Heemukdaesa
built the sanctuary
and dormitory in the
22th year of Myungjong
of Joseon(1557), but
was lost by fires
of war with Japanese
army in the 30th year
of Seonjo(1597). In
the 17th year of Injo(1639),
Buyongdaesa reconstructed
the shrine and plated
the Buddhist statue
with gold.
And in the third
year of Jungjo(1779),
Youngwoondaesa repaired
the sanctuaries,
Daewoongjeon, Siwangjeon
and rebuilt the
dormitory, but the
sanctuary was lost
in the 13th year
of Jungjo(1778).
In the 9th year
of Gojong(1878),
two Zen masters,
Yuhak and Ikjin
made extensions,
and Maegoksunsa
restored Daewoongjeon
in 1938 and built
new Myungbujeon
and dormitory. In
the Korean war,
Daewoongjeon was
lost on Jan. 12,
1951 and 6 other
small temples were
lost on Jan. 18.
The head priest
Yaeun made extensions
to dormitory in
1957 and started
working on Daewoongjeon
in 1958 which was
completed in 1959
by the head priest
Dachun.
In 1964, Muryangsujeon
was erected and
in 1965, the sacred
fire next to the
Buddhist statue
was enshrined in
Daewoongjeon. Following
the development
plan of national
park by the government,
Iljumoon in 1973,
Myungbujeon in 1975
and Junghyeroo in
1978 were restored
and the gate of
Four Devas was erected
new in 1978. In
1979, the relic
of the Buddha from
India was enshrined.
According to the
record of Junghyeroo
by Sungim, Yongeunsa
was founded by Jieumseonsa
at the end of Goryeo
dynasty, and more
historical research
to clarify the history
of Yongeunsa is
highly demanded.
Although Naejangsa
temple was referred
to as Youngeunsa
even in the published
issue of Jeongeup-Hyun
paper in 1888(Gojong
25th year), the
name was recently
changed to Naejangsa
from the mountain,
Naejangsan. |
Naejangsa Temple
Location
: Nae-Jang Dong, Jeongeup
City, Jeon Buk
