On the morning of the 7th, Naejangsa Temple in Naejang-dong, Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-do. Daewoongjeon has turned into black ashes. On the 5th, monk A, 53, set fire with gasoline. Jeongeup = Reporter Kim Joon-hee
“I don’t like the monk’s heart anymore.”
“It’s even worse to say that it wasn’t anyone else and that the monk set the fire on purpose.”
[르포] When I went to the’Thousand Years Review’ that turned into ashes
Naejangsa Temple in Naejang-dong, Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-do, at 8:30 am on the 7th. A man (50, Sang-dong, Jeongeup-si), who had finished climbing, looked over the wall of the temple and looked at the burned Daeungjeon Hall. He said, “It’s a place where people sometimes come to give a Buddhist service.”
At the place he pointed to, there was only a pile of black ashes. This is because A (53), a monk who was practicing at Naejangsa Temple on the 5th, sprayed gasoline and set fire to Daeungjeon Hall. Naejangsan, which surrounds Naejangsa Temple, is famous for its autumn leaves, but because it was winter, all the leaves fell off.
When I went inside the Naejangsa Temple, the smell of meek stabbed my nose. Daeungjeon Hall was severely damaged so that the shape could not be recognized. The girders and rafters turned into blocks of charcoal and collapsed. Tile sculptures were scattered around the floor with their wishes and family names written on them.
The excavator roar is ringing instead of the slogan
Firefighters were spraying water on the ashes with fire hoses. An official from the Jeongeup Fire Department said, “I was dispatched because there was smoke in some of the fire scenes.”
The excavator’s roar and hammer sounded instead of a wooden tap in the temple yard. About 10 workers were mobilizing equipment to put pipes around the fire site. An official at Naejangsa said, “Tourists are also coming, and they are installing an ugly mask from the outside.”
After hearing the news of the fire, Buddhists and hikers continued to visit. However, as a police investigation was underway, a police control ship was installed around Naejangsa Temple, and access to the temple was restricted by the general public.
A resident (70, female), who has been a restaurant near Naejangsa as a native of Jeongeup for 40 years, said, “I’m coming to Naejangsan, which is famous, so I don’t have a temple, so I’m going to use it. I’m going to cry.” And said.
Firefighters are working on fire fighting at Daewoongjeon, Naejangsa Temple, which was burned by arson on the 5th. Freelancer Jeongpil Jang
Buddhist monks “repentance to the Buddha”
On this day, a banner was posted in front of Naejangsa Temple in the name of the 24th parish of the Korean Buddhist Jogye Order (Seonunsa), saying,’I repent for afflicting the people and Buddhists with the fire at Naejangsa Temple Daeungjeon’. Naejangsa Temple belongs to the Korean Buddhist Jogye Order and is the Seonunsa Temple.
The monks of Naejangsa were devastated. I met four or five monks at the temple’s inn, but they said, “We are guests, too. We stopped by for a while because we had work”, “I came out of Jogye-jong. Ask another monk”, “It’s over, but now, what do you ask?” He hurriedly entered the room or evacuated. One monk said, “The rest of the monks including Juji also went up to the Jogye Order Central Disciplinary Committee. Are there procedures and disciplines in the temple? The monks could not manage (Daeungjeon), so they only have a heart to repent of the Buddha.”
Naejangsa side said, “There is a countermeasure meeting at Seonunsa at 2pm.” According to Naejangsa, there are currently six monks in this temple, and Mr. A who lit the fire is one of them. Mr. A said he came to Naejangsa on January 13th after graduating from Sangha University.
Daewoongjeon of Naejangsa Temple has changed so that its shape cannot be recognized due to arson. Jeongeup = Reporter Kim Joon-hee
“I got along with the monks, but I don’t understand.”
An official from Naejangsa said, “Mr. A is not a monk who has practiced for a long time, but he has good relations with other monks.” They also liked it.” He said, “I don’t understand why we did this after hearing the news of arson.” An official from the Jeongeup Police Station said, “Mr. A said that because of the conflict with the monks,” and “the rest of the monks have no plans to investigate.”
According to the Jeonbuk Fire Department, on the 5th at around 6:37 pm, a report was received that there was a fire at the Daeungjeon in Naejangsa. The fire was completely extinguished around 9:10 pm, but Daeungjeon (165㎡), a one-story wooden building, was burned down.
The police applied for a warrant of arrest for Mr. A on the charges of arson of the prefectural building. The interrogation of the suspect before arrest (substantial examination of warrants) will be held at 4:30 pm on the 7th at Jeongeup Branch, Jeonju District Court.
Mr. A said in the police, “During my stay at Naejangsa, I had a conflict with some monks, drank alcohol with sad feelings, and set fire to fire.” After setting a fire to Daeungjeon, Mr. A personally reported it to the police. He was arrested while staying at the scene of the fire.
Daeungjeon of Naejangsa Temple burned in fire Jeongeup = Reporter Kim Joon-hee
‘Thousand-year old temple’ burned four times over 1300 years
On the 6th, Seonunsa said, “Daewoongjeon, Naejangsa Temple, which was the foundation of training for the monk practitioners and a spiritual comfort for the local people, was once again engulfed in fire.” I will investigate.” An official from Jeongeup City said, “The arsonist was caught by the police and confessed, but it is difficult to get out of the city right away because it is a Jogye class level problem.”
Naejangsa Temple has been destroyed and rebuilt four times over 1300 years. In 636, the 37th year of King Mu of Baekje, Yeongeun-jo built a hall of about 50 buildings and built it as Yeongeunsa, and in 1557 it was renamed Naejangsa. Jeong Yoo-jae, the entire temple at that time, was burned down, and after it was rebuilt, he was engulfed in fire again in 1951, the beginning of the Korean War. The Daeungjeon Hall, which was rebuilt in 1958, burned down in October 2012 due to overheating of an electric stove. In 2015, it was newly built with a budget of 2.5 billion won, including donations from citizens, but after six years, it was again destroyed by arson.
Jeongeup = Reporter Kim Junhee [email protected]
