Bongseonsa

Bongseonsa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It stands in Jinjeop-eup, Namyangju, a brief distance east of Seoul in Gyeonggi province, South Korea. It modified into constructed by way of National Preceptor Beobin in 969, underneath the Goryeo dynasty. At that point it bore the call "Unaksa." The contemporary call dates to 1469, at the identical time as Queen Jeonghui of the Joseon Dynasty modified the temple's name at the time that her husband King Sejo modified into buried nearby. The call may be interpreted as "temple of revering the sage."

Thereafter, the temple persevered to have a near courting with the queens of Joseon. Bongseonsa has been burned down and rebuilt numerous instances, because of the 16th-century Seven Year War, seventeenth-century Manchu invasions of Korea, and twentieth-century Korean War. The Korean War become a conflict among North Korea and South Korea. The warfare started out on 25 June 1950 while North Korea invaded South Korea following a chain of clashes along the border.