Kwijusa

39.947258°N 127.674998°E / 39.947258; 127.674998 Kwijusa (Korean: 귀주사; Hanja: 歸州寺) is a Korean Buddhist temple located on Seolbongsan Mountain in Hamju-gun, North Korea. It is said to have been established during the reign of King Munjong of Goryeo.[1] During the Japanese colonial period, this temple was designated as one of the 31 head temples.[2] The resulting pyramidal hierarchy was supposed to take control over the Korean Buddhism.

Notes
  1. EncyKor/Kwijusa.
  2. Park 2016, p. 76.

References
  • EncyKor "귀주사 (歸州寺)" [Kwijusa]. Encyclopedia of Korean National Culture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  • Park Jeongeun (June 2016). Clerical Marriage and Buddhist Modernity in Early Twentieth-century Korea (PhD, Asian Studies). University of British Columbia (Vancouver).


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