Stele of Bongseon Honggyeongsa

The Stele of Bongseon Honggyeongsa Temple became unique because the seventh National Treasure of Korea on December 12, 1962. The Bongseon Honggyeongsa Temple was built in 1021 at some stage in the reign of King Hyeonjong who built the temple in accordance with the wishes of his father King Anjong and due to the fact he turned into inspired with the aid of the Lotus Sutra. "Bongseon", because of this In Reverence of Father's Wishes, became brought to the call of the temple.

The stele commemorates the development of the temple which was set up in 1026 CE, five years after the temple changed into built. The steel is all that remains of the temple. The inscription of the stele turned into composed by means of Choi Chung additionally called Haedonggongja, one of the finest Confucian students and writers all through the Goryeo Dynasty, and the calligraphy, in semi-cursive fashion, changed into carried out via Baek Hyeonrye. The inscription describes the muse of the temple.