Cheongnyongsa Temple청룡사(서울)

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Cheongnyongsa Temple, in Sungin-dong, Jongno-gu, is a branch temple of Jogyesa Temple, which heads the directly administered diocese of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It was founded in 922 by royal order of King Taejo Wang Geon, following the last wishes of National Preceptor Doseon. According to feng shui, the temple was built on a ridge that forms the "outer blue dragon" of Hanyang (old Seoul), which is how it got the name Cheongnyongsa (Blue Dragon Temple). In 1036, the Buddhist nun Manseon restored the dilapidated temple for the first time since its founding, and it was rebuilt many more times after that, giving it a history of ten reconstructions. In 1923 it again took its old name, Cheongnyongsa. A major reconstruction followed in the 1950s, and the temple was rebuilt once more in 1973 into the form it has today.