Bogyeongsa Valley

Bogyeongsa is a thousand-year-old temple and a branch temple of Bulguksa in the Jogye Order, founded in 603 by Master Jimyeong, who had returned from studying in China. According to legend, King Jinpyeong was told that burying an eight-sided mirror at a deep pool in the Naeyeon Mountains and building a hall over it would prevent invasions and allow the unification of the Three Kingdoms. The pool was filled in, a main hall was built, and the temple was named Bogyeongsa. A five-story stone pagoda was erected in front of the main hall in 723. The temple's halls include Daejeokgwangjeon, Daeungjeon, Yeongsanjeon and Palsangjeon, and its cultural heritage includes eight national treasures, two Gyeongsangbuk-do cultural heritage items, and a trifoliate orange tree designated a Gyeongsangbuk-do monument in 1974.