🏛️ Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks

← All sites

The Janggyeong Panjeon of Haeinsa is a building complex that houses the printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and other Buddhist scriptures. It is located on Gayasan mountain in Hapcheon County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Built in the 15th century, the complex was designated as a National Treasure of South Korea in 1962 and a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in 1995. Its scientific design has contributed to the preservation of the woodblocks for more than 600 years.

Read the full article on Wikipedia →

Quick facts

Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks is a cultural World Heritage site in Republic of Korea, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in Republic of Korea

Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple · Jongmyo Shrine · Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites · Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong · Baekje Historic Areas · Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea · Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies · Gaya Tumuli · Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream · Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats.

Coordinates are an approximate site centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.