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Buseoksa Temple () is a Buddhist temple located near Mt. Bonghwang in Buseok-myeon, Yeongju, South Korea. It was founded by the prominent scholar-monk Uisang in 676, the 16th year of Munmu of Silla. Buseoksa temple is also well known as the "Temple of the Floating Stone".

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UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS
Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Image
부석사 무량수전.jpg
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Location
Yeongju, South Korea
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria
Cultural: iii
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
1562-2
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year
2018
UNESCO World Heritage Site.locmapin
South Korea
Korean name/auto.image
부석사 삼층석탑 (유형문화재).jpg
Korean name/auto.caption
Muryangsujeon building of Buseok temple, No.18 of National Treasure of South Korea.
Korean name/auto.hangul
^부석사
Korean name/auto.hanja
浮石寺

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Area
47.09
Official website
www.pusoksa.org
Image
Muryangsujeon2.jpg
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Buseoksa
Revised Romanization
Buseoksa
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Buseoksa Temple () is a Buddhist temple located near Mt. Bonghwang in Buseok-myeon, Yeongju, South Korea. It was founded by the prominent scholar-monk Uisang in 676, the 16th year of Munmu of Silla. Buseoksa temple is also well known as the "Temple of the Floating Stone".

Korean Huayan school was highly celebrated here by the lectures of Uisang, who was later called the respected scholar of Buseok and later the school also gained the name Buseok school. The temple houses the Muryangsujeon, which is the second oldest standing wooden building in South Korea, re-constructed in 1376.

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