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One of the most important businesses in Buddhism is the construction of Dae-Woong-Jeon. It is the construction for enshrining Buddha and is the place where we learn true principles of Buddhism and we pray for getting their wish. The stately and holy Dae-Woong-Hyeon-Jeon of Wawoojeongsa is built in the architectural style of the Goryeo dynasty for taking over the spirit of our racial traditional Buddhist culture. As a wooden building, it was constructed beautifully and holily under self-sacrificing mind and body of the master carpenters without using even a nail. Compared to the reconstruction or remodeling, it is very difficult task to build a temple and construct Dae-Woong-Jeon newly. The Yongin Yeonhwa Mountain Wawoojeongsa is the holy ground of Buddhism defending the fatherland and constructed the great Buddhist temple for praying the reunification of South and North Korea, our seventy million compatriots’ dearest wish. We had held a Buddhist service by devoting ourselves for constructing the great Buddhist temple, which will be a monumental temple in our racial history. ps:http://www.wawoo-temple.org/temple/temple_03.html
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Korea is one of the oldest continuous civilizations in the world with over five thousand years of history. According to the original creation myth, the world we live in today is the work of the Heavenly Prince Hwanung, whose father was the King of Heaven.The Heavenly Prince asked his father to give him some land to govern, so the Father sent him down to Mount Taebaek. With him the Prince brought the Minister of Clouds, the Earl of Rain and the Chancellor of Wind. They also brought three thousand helpers.Under the shade of a sandalwood tree the Prince founded a holy city called Sinsi, the City of God. He put his Ministers in charge of three hundred and sixty areas of human culture, teaching them to grow crops and to make laws concerning what is good and what is evil.A tiger and a bear living in a nearby cave saw this city and desperately wanted to become human. Every day they came to the sandalwood tree at the center of the city to pray fervently for becoming humans.Hwanung saw their devotion and gave them instructions to remain in the cave and fast for one month, eating nothing but garlic and mugwort. The tiger was too impatient to stand the long and boring days in the cave, so he gave up and left, but Bear maintained the fast. At the end of the month she was transformed into a beautiful woman who became the mother of the Korean people.Her first son was Don-gun, the First King of the Korean people. When Don-Gun passed on the throne to his own son, he became a Mountain God. It is interesting that mountain gods are still worshipped today in Korea.Text by Steve Smith.
