8. Seongbo Museum of Daeheungsa Temple

[Man]
If you enter the Haetalmun Gate of Daeheungsa Temple and walk along the road to the right, you will find Muyeomji Pond. If you continue to walk along this road for a while, you will see the Seongbo Museum on your right. Although its roof is made of tiles, it is a modern building. This place is divided into six venues, including the lobby, Songdamgwan, Seongbogwan, and Bulhwagwan for Buddhist paintings on the 1st floor, and Seosangwan, Chouigwan, Sujanggo, and the director's office on the 2nd floor.

[Woman]
The Seongbo Museum of Daeheungsa Temple was opened in 1978 to display the relics of the Buddhist monk Seosan Daesa who defeated the Japanese during the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592. The Relics Hall for Seosan Daesa displays the baru, rosary with seven precious jewels, shoes, etc. used by Seosan Daesa as well as the insignia, horns, and identification tags among other relics of the monks' corps that led the volunteer monk soldiers. This place also displays the letters and the golden folding screen of Seosan Daesa among the relics.

[Man]
Baru is a unique dish used in Buddhist temples. Depending on the capacity, it is divided into high-baru, mid-baru, and low-baru. The legend says that when the Buddha received four baru bowls from the Four Guardian Kings, he combined them into one. Currently, in India and the Southern sects of Buddhism, one baru is used to beg for food, and in Korea, four of them are stored together and spread out for use.

[Woman]
Chouigwan stores a collection items related to Choui Seonsa of the early Joseon Dynasty. Choui wrote the first tea-related book in Korea, called Korean Meditation and Tea, which is comparable to Dongdasong, or the Classic of Tea, written by the Chinese writer Lu Yu. Choui was a master of many academic disciplines and had a great talent for poetry, writing, and painting.
At the age of 24, he met Dasan Jeong Yakyong, who was exiled to Gangjin, and bonded with him through poems, books, and tea. Dasan commented on Choui in his poem.

[Jeong Yakyong]
"Once the skin of a Buddhist monk with a bald head in shabby clothes falls off, the bones of a Confucian scholar appears.”

[Woman]
It was words of praise for the highly literate Choui. In 1815, Choui, who moved to Hanyang, built a close friendship with the leading intellectuals of the time including Chusa Kim Jeonghui, Haegeodoin Hong Hyeonju, and Jaha Sinwi, and expanded his ideological base by discussing Confucianism, Buddhism, and Zen.

[Man]
Choui lived in Iljiam of Daeheungsa Temple, located in Daedunsan Mountain of Haenam, and devoted himself to writing and practicing since 1824. In 1828, he wrote Dasinjeon at Chilbulam Hermitage in Jirisan Mountain by summarizing the Essentials of Tea Classics from the Comprehensive Compendia of Myriad Treasures compiled by Mao Huanwen during the Ching Dynasty. Choui published this book to continue the tea customs of Sangha and to spread the tea ceremony to more people. With these two books, Dongdasong and Dasinjeon, Choui left important footprints in the history of tea culture. Seongbo Museum of Daeheungsa Temple holds the records and traces of history. It accommodates many artifacts, including local cultural assets, the Jeongseonsagarok, designated as Treasure No. 1667, and the Hwasangdangmyeong Byeongseo, designated as Treasure No. 1357.