Songgwangsa(Je15ho)
송광사(제15호)
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.
전남광주통합특별시 순천시 송광면 신평리
Jeonnamgwangjutonghapteukbyeol-si. The register lists its founding year as 신라말기.
The public register has no coordinates for this temple, so the on-site stamp does not work here. Keep the visit in your own memory instead.
Recorded origin, in the register's own words
나말 혜림대사가 창건 길상사라 함 고려 명종 27년(1197) 보조국사가 정혜결사를 일으켜 크게 중창 고려 희종 원년 수선사로 부르다가 희종 4년(1208)에 송광사로 개칭 조선 헌종 8년에대화재 발생 조선 철종 7년에 중창. 48년 여순사건 및 51년 공비만행으로 대웅전 등 많은 건물 소실 84~88까지 8차 중창 불사
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.