Gwallyongsa Temple

This description was machine-translated from the Korea Tourism Organization's Korean original.

Gwallyongsa was one of the eight major temples of the Unified Silla period, holds many cultural heritage assets, and is also famous for its fine scenery. There is a legend that while Wonhyo was offering a hundred-day prayer here with his disciple Songpa, he suddenly saw nine dragons ascending to the sky from a pond, and from then on the temple was named Gwallyongsa and the mountain was called Guryongsan. In the first year of King Taejong of Joseon (1401) there was a Daeungjeon, but it burned down during the Imjin War; it was rebuilt in the 9th year of King Gwanghaegun (1617), repaired in the 25th year of King Yeongjo (1749), and has continued to the present. Within Gwallyongsa are many Buddhist remains, including Daeungjeon, the Seated Stone Sakyamuni Buddha of Yongseondae, the Seated Stone Buddha of Gwallyongsa, and Yaksajeon (all Treasures), the Three-story Stone Pagoda of Gwallyongsa Yaksajeon (Tangible Cultural Heritage), and stupas (budo).