UNJUSA TEMPLE

It is said that under Silla, geomancy advised to build many Buddhist monuments in this part of the peninsula to restore the imbalance that the mountains made. Among these "counterweight" temples, Unjusa (founded in 827) was said to have had 1,000 Buddhas and 1,000 stupas up to Joseon. There are only 70 statues and bas-reliefs and 18 stupas left but they are original. Especially the two famous lying Buddhas, 12 m long. They are unique in Korea in their horizontal position, and in the unexplainable fact that one of the Buddhas is said to be female.