Bell of Yongjusa
{{Short description|9th-century bell from Korea}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 용주사 동종
| hanja = 龍珠寺 銅鐘
| rr = Yongjusa Dongjong
| mr = Yongchusa Tongchong
| title = Bell of Yongjusa
| context =
| image = 화성 용주사 동종 09.jpg
| caption =
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The Bell of Yongjusa ({{Korean|hangul=용주사 동종}}) is located in the temple of Yongjusa, near Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
History
The bronze bell was cast and installed in the temple in 854.{{cite book|first1=Robert E. |last1=Buswell Jr.|first2=Donald S. |last2=Lopez Jr.|title=The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DXN2AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1037 |date=24 November 2013 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-4805-8 |pages=1037}}{{cite book|last=Lee|title=Frommer's South Korea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x10j0eopc34C&pg=PT117|date=31 May 2012|publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-33136-1|page=117}}{{Cite web |title=National Treasure 120 |work=Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea |access-date=2014-09-01 |url=http://jikimi.cha.go.kr/english/search_plaza_new/EMapResultView.jsp?VdkVgwKey=11,01200000,31&strGuCode=35&strSidoCode=31}} The temple was destroyed in 1636 during the Second Manchu invasion of Korea but the bell survived.{{Cite web|title = Yongjusa Temple |work = Visit Korea |access-date = 2014-09-01 |url = http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=776712}} The temple was rebuilt in 1790 and the bell reinstalled.
The bell is listed at number 120 in the "National Treasures of South Korea" list.
See also
{{commonscat|Bronze Bell at Yongjusa temple in Hwaseong, Korea}}