Bunhwangsa Temple in South Korea

Bunhwangsa Temple in South Korea offers you a slice of life from the Silla dynasty. You would be impressed to know that Bunhwangsa Temple in South Korea was not a site for the common people to worship, rather acted as a facility for the monks patronized by the state. According to legend, emissaries from Tang China came here in 795 to convert three dragons, protectors of the country into small fish and take them to China. However, the wives of two dragons requested the king to rescue one dragon from Bunhwangsa well and their husbands from the emissaries. And their requests were kept.

Facilities of Bunhwangsa Temple in South Korea

  -   This Famous Emperor Temple was constructed in 634 with seven or nine stories during the reign of Queen Seondeok.
  -   Formerly Bunhwangsa Temple in South Korea, spread across several acres to form a temple complex.
  -   Bunhwangsa Temple in South Korea reflects the Tang pagoda only blended with Korean details.
  -   It is thought that after an excavation in 1915 a relic box was found between the second and third stories, which had the calcified remains of a cremated priest as customary in the pagodas.
  -   Even gold and stone ornaments, coins, scissors, and a needle with a case were found in Bunhwangsa Temple in South Korea.
  -   The faces of the pagoda had doors and there were carvings of Buddhist guardians called Geumgang-yeoksa at the entrance to Bunhwangsa Temple.
  -   You will spot four stone lions at the four corners of the base platform
  -   You will also find flagpole in the fields south to the temple, which support pillars of the original temple.
  -   There is a stone well, which represents the eight righteous teaching of Buddha through its octagonal exterior and its cylindrical interior represents the dictum of One Buddha.