Inwangsa

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Inwangsa

Korean name
Hangul 인왕사
Hanja 仁王寺
Revised Romanization Inwangsa
McCune-Reischauer Inwangsa

Inwangsa is a Buddhist temple of the Bonwon Order in Mt. Inwangsan, Seoul, South Korea. It is located at San 2 Muak-dong, in the Jongno-gu area of the city. When King Taejo of Joseon Dynasty established the capital city in Seoul, he assigned Josaeng (조생 祖生), a monk of Buddhist temple affiliated to the royal court as the head monk of the new temple to establish it at the site.[1]

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  1. ^ The history of the foundation (Korean). Koreatemple.net. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.

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