The thick forest and clean streams around the temple form a heavenly scene and make people feel as if they are in a world of Nirvana.
If you drive about 10 minutes from the Donghwasa Temple you come across a fork with a military check point. The downward road on the left leads to the towns of the city, and the upward road on the right leads to the Pagyesa Temple. The temple was founded in 804 AD (During the period of King Aejang of the Silla Kingdom).
While the Buinsa Temple had relationships with Queen Seondeok, the Pagyesa Temple had special relationships with King Yeongjo of the Joseon Dynasty.
One day during the reign of King Sukjong of the Joseon Dynasty, the king had a dream in which a priest was coming into his palace.  When he woke up, the memory of his dream was so vivid that he ordered one of his secretaries to go out of Namdaemun (south gate of his castle) and check what was going on there. Strangely enough, a priest was taking a brief rest in front of the gate. The priest was the High Buddhist Teacher Yeongwonseonsa. The king was surprised and asked the Buddhist teacher to pray for him so that he may have a prince. A while later, his queen got pregnant and the next year she bore a prince to him. The prince was the Great King Yeongjo. King Sukjong was very pleased at this and he gave an additional name “Hyeoneung” to the Buddhist teacher. Hyeoneung was a wise priest. At that time, the oppression of Confucians on the Buddhist temple was very harsh.  To cope with this trouble, Hyeoneung asked the king to enshrine his royal ancestral tablets in the temple and it was successful. Teacher Hyeoneung’s stele, sarira stupa, and King Yeongjo’s royal robe are still kept in the temple. On the premises of the temple, the four buildings of Wontongjeon, Jindongru Tower, Seolseondang, and Jeokmukdang are arranged in a square shape having the main worship hall, Wontongjeon, in the center. King Yeongjo’s royal robe was found in Wontongjeon, where a Wooden Gwaneum Bodhisattva (Treasure Number 992) is kept.  
Pagyesa Temple  Tel. 984-4550

Transportation

Take a city bus no.401. Make it sure to check that the bus is bound for the PagyesaTemple.