Ingaksa Temple Site (Gunwi)

Ingaksa Temple Site marks where the late-Goryeo Buddhist monk Iryeon (1206–1289) spent the last five years of his life completing the Samguk Yusa, one of Korea's most important historical texts.

Iryeon rebuilt Ingaksa in 1284 and stayed there from 1285 until his death in 1289, finishing the book during that time. Written as Goryeo endured Mongol invasions and subsequent interference from the Yuan dynasty, the Samguk Yusa is said to have been Iryeon's attempt to gather scattered ancient legends and history to preserve a sense of national identity for a people in crisis. It also contains the oldest surviving written record of the Dangun foundation myth.

In 2022, the Samguk Yusa was inscribed on UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Regional Register of the Memory of the World, bringing renewed attention to the temple site where it was completed. Today the grounds preserve the former temple layout, some structural remains, and a memorial stupa honoring Iryeon, offering a sense of the site's history.