{{Korea-hist-stub Wangheungsa Temple (王興寺, "Monastery of royal propagation") was the national temple of the Korean kingdom of

Baekje Baekje or Paekche (, ) was a Korean kingdom located in southwestern Korea from 18 BC to 660 AD. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla. Baekje was founded by Onjo, the third son of Goguryeo's founder Jum ...

. Its construction was begun in 599 under the reign of King Beop and completed under his son and successor, King Mu, in 634.

References

Jonathan W. Best, “King Mu and the Making and Meanings of Miruksa,” in ''Korean Religions in Practice'', edited by Robert Buswell (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007), 35–50. Temples in Korea Religion in Baekje Religious buildings and structures completed in 599