Buyeo Muryangsa Temple is a representative Amitabha(彌陀) faction of Chungcheongnam-do because it has a five-story stone pagoda during the Goryeo Dynasty and a multi roof Geugnakjeon Hall(極樂殿) in the late Joseon Dynasty. The old temple site, located on the east side of Muryangsa Temple, learned about the period from the Unified Silla Period to the late Goryeo Dynasty through excavations over 2000 and 2002. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop the layout according to the historical flow of Muryangsa Temple and to examine the nature of Buddhist temple based on the analysis of the excavation status of the old temple site of Muryangsa Temple. As a result of the study, a total of seven building sites of the old temple were excavated, and a total of three periods were found in the late Unified Silla period, the first reconstruction period in the early 11th century, and the second reconstruction period in the mid 13th century. The second reconstruction period is the same as the time when Geungnakjeon Hall was founded, and around 1233, Muryangsa Temple had a two-won(院) system consisting of Dongwon(東院) and Seowon(西院). This is a universal appearance of the composition of Buddhist temple arrangement during the Goryeo Dynasty, and Magoksa Temple near Muryangsa Temple shows the same composition. As the names of Muryangsa Temple and Geungnakjeon Hall show the characteristics of Amitabha faction temple, but the arrangement of literature and old temple sites is the appearance of the Zen Sect temple from Unified Silla to Goryeo. Unlike the composition of the Amitabha faction temple, which does not generally have a stone pagoda in the front yard of Geungnakjeon Hall, the five-story stone pagoda in the center of the front yard of Geungnakjeon Hall shows that it is the he Zen Sect temple of the Amitabha faction. In addition, the inscription "restaurant" of the old temple site No. 5 shows the characteristics of Korea's Zen sect, which raises expectations for closer research in the future.

Buyeo Muryangsa Temple is a representative Amitabha(彌陀) faction of Chungcheongnam-do because it has a five-story stone pagoda during the Goryeo Dynasty and a multi roof Geugnakjeon Hall(極樂殿) in the late Joseon Dynasty. The old temple site, located on the east side of Muryangsa Temple, learned about the period from the Unified Silla Period to the late Goryeo Dynasty through excavations over 2000 and 2002. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop the layout according to the historical flow of Muryangsa Temple and to examine the nature of Buddhist temple based on the analysis of the excavation status of the old temple site of Muryangsa Temple. As a result of the study, a total of seven building sites of the old temple were excavated, and a total of three periods were found in the late Unified Silla period, the first reconstruction period in the early 11th century, and the second reconstruction period in the mid 13th century. The second reconstruction period is the same as the time when Geungnakjeon Hall was founded, and around 1233, Muryangsa Temple had a two-won(院) system consisting of Dongwon(東院) and Seowon(西院). This is a universal appearance of the composition of Buddhist temple arrangement during the Goryeo Dynasty, and Magoksa Temple near Muryangsa Temple shows the same composition. As the names of Muryangsa Temple and Geungnakjeon Hall show the characteristics of Amitabha faction temple, but the arrangement of literature and old temple sites is the appearance of the Zen Sect temple from Unified Silla to Goryeo. Unlike the composition of the Amitabha faction temple, which does not generally have a stone pagoda in the front yard of Geungnakjeon Hall, the five-story stone pagoda in the center of the front yard of Geungnakjeon Hall shows that it is the he Zen Sect temple of the Amitabha faction. In addition, the inscription "restaurant" of the old temple site No. 5 shows the characteristics of Korea's Zen sect, which raises expectations for closer research in the future.