All of sudden, a fairy appeared, telling him that 9 dragons were wreaking havoc around the pond where she had been living.
Following this legend, local names include many elements related to Yong (용, "dragon").
Ilyeon, the author of Samgukyusa, one of the most prominent historic books about Korean history, also belonged to Borim Temple.
[2] In the 14th century, under the reign of Gongmin of Goryeo, the great monk Bowoo worked to harmonize different denominations in order to restrengthen Zen Buddhism in Korea.
[3] During the Korean War, 20 annexes except for two gates were burned down in a punitive expedition sent by commanders who suspected the temple of housing partisan rebels.