The KIM Gyo-Gak Memorial Hall is located at the Korean Buddhist Jogye Order Baekcheonsa (Temple), in Yulseok-ri, Wabu-eup, Namyangju-City.

The hall was opened on September 20, 1998 to honor the memory of Gyo-Gak KIM, the Great Budhist Saint. Kim was born the son of the King Seongdeok during the United Shilla Kingdom era but gave up his life of the splendor for a life of asceticism in China, where he would eventually die.

Gyo-Gak KIM went to Dang (ancient China) after abandoning his social status as a prince and instead sought after the truth under his Buddhist name, Jijang. KIM became a devout believer in Jijang Buddhism while watching the daily lives of people becoming increasingly pitiable by the day due to internal disturbances in the land. As a novitiate, he lived in a cave on Guhwasan (Mt. Guhwa) at the mouth of the Yangtze River. He established Hwaseongsa (Temple) with his followers who had gathered to observe him as his asceticism grew more profound. The mountain became a center for the dissemination of Jijang Buddhism, which at the time was unfamiliar to the Chinese. Eventually, the mountain would rank as one of the four major Buddhist holy places in China.

Gyo-Gak KIM has been the subject of the absolute belief of the Chinese people so far as the Jijang Buddhist incarnate, who became

reborn as a body Buddhisattva according to his prophecy in his life time. Gwangjesa is the main temple for worshipping Gyo-Gak KIM. It is located on the mountain near Muho-si, China, where he first practiced asceticism. The hanging board of Shilla Daegak at Guhwahanggung (Palace) of the temple's Jijangjeon (Building) provides his trace. There are also his shoes, his hat, and a rock with his foot print on it exhibited at the KIM Gyo-Gak Memorial Hall, as well as a film vividly showing the process of becoming a body-sized Buddhisattva.