Daeseongsa Temple대성사(서울)

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According to records, the monk Marananta suffered from an endemic illness on his way to the Baekje Kingdom, but recovered after drinking water from Umyeonsan Mountain. He then built Daeseong Chodang, a thatched hermitage, on the mountain, which is said to be the origin of Daeseongsa Temple. Later, the monk Baek Yongseong, one of the 33 national representatives of the March 1st Independence Movement, resided here and took part as the representative of Buddhism, leading the independence movement in the spirit of Mahayana Buddhism. Today, Daeseongsa enshrines a seated wooden Buddha statue (Seoul Tangible Cultural Heritage) commissioned by Baek Yongseong.