Jeolteo Dojang

Seongheungsa

성흥사

Romanized from Korean under the Revised Romanization of Korean (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Notice 2014-42). It is a transcription, not an official English name.

경상남도 창원시 진해구 대장로 273 (대장동)

Gyeongsangnam-do

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Recorded origin, in the register's own words

聖興寺는 新羅 진흥왕 8년(833)에 무염구사가 熊東地方에 侵入한 왜구를 물린친 것을 紀念하여 九川洞에 지었던 것을 후에 現在의 位置에 옮겨온 것으로 傳한다. 大雄殿의 創建年代는 알 수 없으며, 現在의 建物은 朝鮮後期에 다시 지어진 것이다. 正面3칸 側面3칸의 多상식맞배지붕 건물로 웅석의 기초 위에 세워졌다. 자연식 계축 위에 둥근기둥을 세우고 기둥머리에는 창석과 평방을 걸었으며,

This paragraph is the origin and history field of the traditional temple register published by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, copied exactly. We leave it in Korean rather than translating it, because a translation would put founding dates, people and schools of Buddhism into words the source never used. Nothing here was added or edited by us.