Heungguksa(Je5ho)
흥국사(제5호)
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 여수시 흥국사길 160 (중흥동)
Jeonnamgwangjutonghapteukbyeol-si. The register lists its founding year as 1195.
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
1195년(명종25년) 보조국사 창건 1559년(명종14년) 몽고족 침입 전화 1560년 법수대사 중수 1624년 계특대사 중수 흥국사는 절이 흥하면 나라 흥한다고 하는 국태민안의 기원이 담겨있는 사찰로서 임진왜란이 발발하자 경내에서 300여명의 승려와 많은수군이 조련을 하였으며 충무공께서 조석으로 임금님께 북향4배 문안을 올린 공북루가 있었으나 임란당시 소실되고 충무공 친필휘호 공북루 현판만 보존
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.