백용성스님과 연변 대각교당에 관한 연구

Abstract

The destiny to establish the Yongjeong Daegakgyo Temple was originated directly from the mining business in Bukcheong and the Buddhist prayer for resembling Buddha in the Daeheungsa Temple in Hamheung. The Yanbian Daegakgyo Temple started in the Yongjeong district in Mar, 1927 and held the Buddha Worship Ceremony on Sep 11, which had secured about 300 believers at that time. Its land is said to have been as large for farming thousands of days or as 70 Hyang (晌), which was owned by the temple for the purpose of farmstead as well. The temple was consisted with the organizations of Students association and believers association, which looks to have had consistent Buddhist services in the large space. The temple was not just a propagation hall but it was the support project site as well for the overseas independence movements of Korean people. It not only supplied the independence campaign workers with food, clothing, and funds, but also played the role of their relaxation site. The Buddhist Priest, Yongseong, had supported the independence campaign fund from the temple as a midway base, which was also used as the place providing diverse information. He also had provided the living nest and jobs for the Korean immigrants seeking the way for living away from the fatherland. His campaign to achieve his goal is so called Seonnongbulgyo [Farming Priority Buddhism]. The temple is where he initiated the change from the receiving Buddhism to the giving Buddhism and practiced the experiment that the aid to livelihood is the new Buddhism propagation method. The maintenance and ideological succession of the Yongjeong Daegakgyo Temple has been continued persistently, but it is not known until when it has been sustained. It had been sustained until 1941, but it is unknown about its property after the liberation. It is the premise to survey and excavate its accurate location. The spirit must be taken over by his grandchildren of the family or by government after excavation, survey, and restoration. I wish that this seminar can be the starting point of the mission.