Situated
at the southern foot of Mt. Moak, Geumsan-myeon, Gimje-si, Jeonbuk, Geumsansa
were first allegedly built in AD 599 by King Beob of Baeje. This Buddhist temple
was reconstructed for four years from AD 762 to 766 by Jinpyo, a saint of Shilla
and Hyedeok, a king's advisory monk of Koryo, recommended this temple as Daegaram
(the great temple) and enlarged the estate by newly building
Gwangyoweon in 1069. In 1598, over 40 buildings large and small belonging to this
temple including mireukjeon, daegongjeon and gwanggyoweon were burnt down by fire
set by the Japanese troops. The reconstruction work started in 1601 by Sumun was
completed in 1635. During the reign of King Gojong of Chosun, mireokjeon, daejangjeon
and daejeokgwangjeon were repaired and in 1934, daejeokgwangjeon, geumgangmun
and mireukjeon were again heavily repaired.
The list of major buildings and stone structures includes: Mireukjeon (the national
treasure No. 62), Daejeokgwangjeon (the public treasure No. 476), Daejangjeon
(the public treasure No. 827), Myeongbujeon, Nahanjeon, Iljumun, Geumgangmun,
Bojeru, Bangdeungyedan, 5-storied stone pagoda (the public treasure No. 215),
Hexagonal stone pagoda (the public treasure No. 27), seokryeondae (the public
treasure No. 23), Seokjong (the public treasure No. 26), Dangganjiju (the public
treasure No. 28) and monument dedicated to Hyedeok.
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Situated
at the southern foot of Mt. Moak, Geumsan-myeon, Gimje-si, Jeonbuk, Geumsansa
were first allegedly built in AD 599 by King Beob of Baeje. This Buddhist temple
was reconstructed for four years from AD 762 to 766 by Jinpyo, a saint of Shilla
and Hyedeok, a king's advisory monk of Koryo, recommended this temple as Daegaram
(the great temple) and enlarged the estate by newly building