Hampyeong Yongcheonsa Temple (용천사(함평))

Description

Yongcheonsa Temple is a branch temple of Baegyangsa Temple, No. 18 of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. In the first year of King Mu (the 30th king of Baekje, in power from 600-641 AD), Haengeun who was a Buddhist priest of eminent virtue, established the temple. The name of temple comes from a spring called “Yongcheon” that is under the Daeungjeon Hall stairs. According to legend, a dragon used to live in the spring and ascended to heaven. (‘Yong’ means a dragon and ‘cheon’ means a spring).

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