Geumsansa

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Geumsansa, or Geumsan Temple, (literally "Golden Mountain Temple") is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It stands on the slopes of Moaksan in Gimje City, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea.

The temple was founded in 599 in the first year of King Beop of Baekje's reign[1] and became the main temple for practicing the Maitreya faith during the Unified Silla era. The Master Jinpyo, a preceptor of Buddhist ordinances and the founder of the Beopsang Buddhist sect, greatly expanded the temple in 766 and the statue of the Great Maitreya was enshrined in the main hall.

Geumsansa once served as the site of Gyeonhwon's exile, when the founder of Late Baekje was banished by his son, Prince Singeom.

In 1079 the Royal Preceptor Hyedeok erected various additional sanctuaries to herald Geumsansa's cultural golden age.

In 1592 Geumsansa also played a defensive role during the first military campaigns of Hideyoshi Toyotomi. Geumsansa served as the training ground for the Buddhist volunteer corps with over a thousand monks led by Master Noemuk. During the second set of Japanese military campaigns, Geumsansa became the headquarters for the mobilization of Buddhist volunteer corps but subsequently suffered a tragic fate when the entire temple pavilion and outlying hermitages were razed to the ground in the fire set by the invading forces.

The present buildings were reconstructed in 1635 after the previous buildings were destroyed in the Hideyoshi Invasion. The temple is now one of the principle centers of the region and one of the largest in Korea. Most of the treasures pre-date the present buildings.
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Coordinates:   35°43'23"N   127°3'12"E

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