No records about it from the Goryeo era exist, but in 1456 in early Joseon Sumi Daesa rebuilt it into a large temple.

Appointed National Preceptor by King Sejong, he reconstructed the temple with royal support so that it covered an area of 966 bays.

Yeondam Yuil, a scholar of Avatamsaka studies, lived here and published a Buddhist dictionary titled Seokjeon yuhae (釋典類解).

When Sumi Daesa reconstructed the temple, there were 12 associated hermitages, including Sangdongam, Sangyeonam and Bijeonam, but at present there are only two, Sanggyeon-seongam and Dongam.

In 1977, a fire broke out due to the carelessness of a visitor that destroyed the Main Buddha Hall, called Daeung-bojeon, and many sacred cultural objects.