Choamsa
초암사
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.
경상북도 영주시 순흥면 죽계로315번길 330
Gyeongsangbuk-do
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Recorded origin, in the register's own words
신라시대 의상대사가 호국사찰을 세우고자 산수좋은 이곳에 초막을 지어 임시거처를 정하고 명당자리를 골라부석사를 세운 뒤 초막을 지었던 곳에 절을 지어 초암사라 했다. 도유형문화재인 3층석탑 등이 있으며, 초암사는 소백산의 그윽한 정취 속에 깃든 청정도량으로, 세속의 잡다한 생각을 버리게 하고 고요한 명상의 세계로 이끌어준다.
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.