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Botapsa Temple's Wooden Shrine Temple |
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Sanggye-ri and Yeongok-ri of Jincheon-eup used to be a border of Silla and Goguryeo. The birthplace of General Kim Yu-sin is located at Damanbat in Gyeyang village, Sanggye-ri, and there are the fortresses - Taeryeongsanseong and Manroesanseong - at Mt. Manroesan. At Birip-dong, Yongok-ri is known as the site of where the large temple of Goryeo Dynasty in which ¡°White Stele¡± was found. The White Stele, designated as Treasure No. 404, is now set inside Botapsa Temple along with a three-story stone pagoda. In 1991, the cultural remains investigating team
visited here and in May of 1992, the construction of Botapsa Temple
was began under the supervision of the Cultural Remains Committee
led by Sin Yeong-hun. Cardinal Buddha Images were placed on the
each corners of the first floor of the temple, the Sutras on second
floor and triptych of Maitreya on the third. |
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