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Goyang Bukhansan Mountain Seoamsaji Temple Site Protecting Floodgate of Bukhansanseong Fortress
Designation Number : Cultural property material No.140
Location : 509, Bukhan-dong, Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do
Seoamsa Temple is one of the 13 temples built to attract monk soldiers after construction of Bukhansanseong Fortress.
The size of Seoamsa Temple is 133 kan (1 kan = 2m) and the temple was built by monk Gwang-Hun. As there were site where Moon-In-Gong Min-Ji
Seoamsa Temple was in charge of protecting the mountain fortresses in floodgate regions. It is assumed that Seoamsa Temple went out of use in the late 19th century.
On each gate of Bukhansanseong Fortress, temples were built for the purpose of security and protection.