Pyochungsa

Pyochungsa, at first Jungnimsa, is a Korean Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It stands on the slopes of Jaeyaksan Mountain near Cheonhwangsan inside the Yeongnam Alps in Danjang-myeon, northern Miryang, South Korea. Pyochungsa became first installed by means of Wonhyo in 654 under the name Jungnimsa. It becomes rebuilt at its present place by way of Hwangmyeon in 857, inside the reign of the Silla king Heungdeok. In the Goryeo length, the National Preceptor Iryeon accumulated extra than a thousand clergymen there.

After Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea within the late 16th century, the temple changed into renamed Pyochuongsa temple of constancy displayed in honor of Songun Yu Jeong, the monk who led various righteous armies in opposition to the Japanese. The Pyochuong Seowon, the most effective seowon located in the grounds of a Buddhist temple, was additionally constructed there in Songun's reminiscence.