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"Palsangjeon (Hall of Eight Pictures) (at right) is located at Beopjusa Temple, and is the only wooden pagoda left in Korea. The pagoda gets its name from paintings depicting the eight merciful acts of the Buddha to save lay people. It is believed to have originally been built in 553 but like many other wooden buildings was destroyed by the Japanese during the Seven-Year War (1592-98) and was subsequently rebuilt beginning in 1605 and completed in 1626. The dates of the rebuilding come from inscriptions on a sarira casket and roof that were discovered when the building was renovated in 1968. Because pagoda architecture was brought from Korea to Japan, some hypothesize that the original Palsangjeon may have inspired and resembled the five story pagoda at Horyu-ji."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palsangjeon

"From its early days, Beopjusa has been associated with Beopsang thought and the worship of the Maitreya Buddha—the Buddha who is to come. It is predicted that thousands, even millions of years after Sakyumini's death the Maitreya will come to earth from the spiritual realm where he currently resides. Living with mankind on the earth, he will deliver three important messages, the Three Yonghwa Sermons. Mankind will unite in worship of the Maitreya, live according to the teachings in the Three Yonghwa Sermons and commit acts of goodness, thus securing their salvation."

Source: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Beopjusa