Buinsa Temple (Daegu)

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Follow uphill road from a large milestone of ‘Buinsa-temple’ at your right, and vineyards and a medicinal water spring are spread both sides of the road, and then, Buinsa-temple is there after that.

As a branch temple of Donghwasa-temple, Buinsa-temple was built in the 7th century, and wielded its influence during Shilla Dynasty as a praying hall of the Queen Seondeok.
There is a shrine ‘Seondeokmyo’ serving the Queen Seondeok in the precinct and they offer religious service in March in lunar calendar each year.

During the Goryo Dynasty, “Chojodaejanggyeong” (the first complete collection of Buddhist Sutras, Laws and Treatises) which was engraved on wooden blocks with a wish to stop invasion of Kitans, was kept here. This “Chojodaejanggyeong is know to be some 200 years ahead of the Tripitaka Koreana (consisting over eighty thousand blocks) kept at Haeinsa-temple.

At the time of the King Seongjong and the King Hyeonjong of the Goryo Dynasty, the Kings and servants together engraved this collection in one mind with an ardent wish to retreat Kitan troops who invaded on three occasions, and had enshrined these at Buinsa-temple.
However, these collections were all burned down during Mongolian invasion. This is where these collections, which were major symbols of spirit of defense of the motherland and national culture, were once kept. In addition, this Buinsa-temple was a stronghold of the Buddhist monks who had risen against the military power during the Goryo Dynasty.

There are plenty of fragmented stone artworks of that era like stone embankment, corner stone, cistern, pillars, etc. remaining over the temple ground which has changed to the vineyard now. There at the place some 300m south-east of this temple ground remain secondary building materials like cornerstones, stone pagodas and stone lanterns as well. These remains are supporting historical importance of Buinsa-temple as precious evidences showing the size of the temple at that time.

In addition to Daewoong-jeon(main hall) and Samseong-gak, there is a Soongmo-jeon, enshrining the Queen Seondeok.