Jeungsimsa temple was a base of the anti-Japanese Buddhist party movement during the Tang dynasty, in the early days of Japanese imperialism. Unfortunately all of them were burned due to a fire which occurred during the Korean War, except for Obaekjeon hall and Nojeon hall. The current buildings of Jeungsimsa temple are Obaekjeon Hall, Sansingak Tower, Birojeon Hall, Daeungjeon hall, Jijangjeon hall, Jeongmukdang room, Haengwondang room, a bell tower and Iljumun (the first gate of the temple). Most of the buildings were restored between the 1970s and 1980s, except for Obaekjeon hall, which avoided the calamity of the Korean War.

There are priests' rooms (Wolamdang room and Suwoldang room), a completion monument, a charity monument, and a memorial monument in a line at the very left when we pass through the first gate (which has a traditional Korean tiled roof in the shape of a Chinese character “八” (meaning eight) and was built in 1980s). The place for these monuments had been located under the Chwibaengnu tower that was recently built, but it was recently relocated to its present location. There are stone stairs to the foot of the temple. It is said that Chwibaengnu tower was in this place originally. Chwibaengnu tower has now been relocated and placed a little to the right because it was burned down during the war. The first floor is an office for the temple, and the second floor is a multipurpose space where people can hold Buddhist ceremonies and meetings. The main temple has a Paljak-style roof on the front five compartments and on the three side compartments. The central compartments at the front are twice as big as the side compartments.

Jijangjeon hall, dedicated to Bodhisattva Jijang, is on the right side of Daeungjeon (the main temple). A peculiar thing is a hanging board named Hoesimdang to the left of the Jijangjeon tablet. Originally, Hoesimdang was a Jaegak (a sort of house) of Jeong Manjae that was located at the current location of the Beomjonggak bell tower. However, when rebuilding the Beomjonggak, the buildings vanished and only the hanging board and the portrait scroll were relocated to the current location.

Jeong Manjae donated a big tract of land to Jeungsimsa temple and a Jegak was set up for him in the temple after his death. The portrait scrolls of the Jeong Manjae couple are hanging in the Jijangjeon hall on the left side. These portrait scrolls were painted by Seokji Chae Yongshin, a painter of King Gojong. They were blessed to be located together with the Jijang bodhisattva, because they gave alms during their lifetimes. The metal engraving of Vairocana (a Buddha) sedentary statue was designated National Treasure No. 131. Most hands of the Vairocana have the index finger of the left hand covering the right hand but the Vairocana of the Jeungsimsa temple is unusually reversed. This Buddhist image arrests our eyes because it has a human expression like our human faces, not a dignified expression like other Buddhist images.