Unmunsa

Unmun Temple
Layout of the Unmun Temple
Location within South Korea
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism
Location
Location	Sinwon-ri, Unmun-myeon, Cheongdo County, Gyeongsangbuk-do
Country	South Korea
Coordinates	35.66222°N 128.96111°E / 35.66222; 128.96111
Architecture
Elevation	245 m (804 ft)
Website
http://www.unmunsa.or.kr
Korean name
Hangul	운문사
Hanja	雲門寺
RR	Unmunsa
MR	Unmunsa

Unmun-sa (Korean: 운문사) is a Buddhist temple located on the southernmost part of the Taebaek Mountains in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. It was built in the 21st year of the reign of King Jinheung (AD 560) . Around the end of the Silla Kingdom, the temple was expanded and renamed as Taejakgap-sa (Korean: 대작갑사; Hanja: 大鵲岬寺, "Great Magpie Hillside Temple"), but its name was changed to its current Unmansa (Korean: 운문사; Hanja: 雲門寺, "Cloud Gate Temple") in the 20th year of the reign of King Taejo (AD 937). Parts of the temple were destroyed down during the invasion of the Korean peninsula (1592–98) by the Japanese general Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Unmunsa is a temple of the Jogye Order. In 1950, it became the largest training center for nuns (kor. biguni) in South Korea.

Gallery

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  Unmun-sa temple drum in the assembly hall (Mahnseru)
• 
  nuns in the "Great Hall" (Daeungjeon)

See also

• Unmunsan

External links

• Website of the Unmun-sa Temple (Korean)
• Unmun-sa, Unmun Temple (video)

Literature

• Martine Batchelor, Sŏnʼgyŏng (Sŭnim), Women in Korean Zen, Lives And Practices. Syracuse University Press, 2006.