Temple History Hyangcheonsa Temple is located in northern Yesan, Chungcheongnam-do in a valley below Mt. Geumosan. Hyangcheonsa Temple was first built by the Buddhist monk Uigak in 656 A.D. Uigak traveled to Japan in 653 A.D. and stayed at Baekjesa Temple for a while. Then he moved to Tang China (618–690, 705–907 A.D.). While there, he carved some 3,053 statues of the Buddha and statues of the sixteen Nahan (The Historical Disciples of the Buddha) out of jade. He also made a Buddha triad out of cedar over a three-year period. In 655 A.D., and after transporting these statues to a seaside village in Yesan from a ship made of…