Donghwasa

Donghwasa, additionally Donghwa Temple, is a Buddhist sanctuary of the Jogye Order in northern Daegu, South Korea. The sanctuary is situated on the south side of Mt. Palgongsan, inside the limits of Dohak-dong, Dong-gu, close to Daegu's northern fringe. The name signifies "Sanctuary of Paulownia Blossoms." Donghwasa Temple was initially settled as Yugasa Temple in 493 by Ven. Geukdal. As indicated by the Donghwasa Temple Record Monument, raised in 1931, it was renamed by Patriarch Ven. Simji in 832. The name "Donghwa originated from a legend that the Korean paulownia blossomed even in winter around then so individuals viewed it as a favorable sign.

According to the Samgungnyusa, Vinaya Master Jinpyo gave a few bones with sutras engraved on them to Ven. Yeongsim, who later offered them to Patriarch Simji. In attempting to choose where to cherish these bones, Patriarch Ven. Simji climbed a peak, alongside the two divine forces of Mt. Jungak, one of Silla's five hallowed mountains, and tossed them toward the west. The bones overwhelmed in the breeze and arrived in a little well north of what is presently Donghwasa Temple's Chamdang Hall. He developed an address lobby there and revered the bones inside it, along these lines setting up Donghwasa Temple.