Temple History Choamsa Temple is located in the southeastern portion of Sobaeksan National Park in northwestern Yeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Choamsa Temple, which means “Thatched Hut Temple” in English, is thought to have been founded by the famed monk Uisang-daesa (625-702 A.D.). There are two legends regarding the founding of the temple by Uisang-daesa. In the first legend, it states that in 676 A.D., while Uisang-daesa was travelling around the peninsula to select a site to build the future Buseoksa Temple, he stayed and practiced in a temporary thatched hut to the southeast of Mt. Sobaeksan (1,439 m). In the second legend, Uisang-daesa had already begun the construction of Buseoksa Temple, when the…