Haeinsa
Sign in to saveHaeinsa () is a Buddhist temple in Gayasan National Park, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is the head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Seon Buddhism. Haeinsa is most notable for being the home of the Tripitaka Koreana, the whole of the Buddhist Scriptures carved onto 81,350 wooden printing blocks, which it has housed since 1398.
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Haeinsa
- Religious building.image
- 한국 문화 여행 음식 해인사003.jpg
- Religious building.caption
- Overview of the temple (2017)
- Religious building.location
- Gayasan National Park, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Korean Seon Buddhism
- Religious building.sect
- Jogye Order
- Religious building.designation1
- WHS
- Religious building.designation1_offname
- Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
- Religious building.designation1_criteria
- Cultural: iv, vi
- Religious building.designation1_number
- 737
- Religious building.designation1_date
- 1995
- Religious building.designation2
- Historic Sites of South Korea
- Religious building.designation2_offname
- Haeinsa Temple, Hapcheon
- Religious building.designation2_number
- 504
- Religious building.designation2_date
- 2009-12-21
- Korean name/auto.hangul
- ^해인사
- Korean name/auto.hanja
- 海印寺
- Korean name/auto.child
- yes
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Korean Buddhist temple
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- South Gyeongsang
- Country of origin
- Later Silla
- Image
- Haeinsa Temple 01.jpg
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- Haeinsa
- heritage designation
- Historic sites of South Korea
- native label
- 해인사
- inception
- 0802-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Crisis
- Janggyeong Panjeon (National Treasure No. 32)
- Tourism
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Haeinsa () is a Buddhist temple in Gayasan National Park, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is the head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Seon Buddhism. Haeinsa is most notable for being the home of the Tripitaka Koreana, the whole of the Buddhist Scriptures carved onto 81,350 wooden printing blocks, which it has housed since 1398.
Haeinsa is one of the Three Jewels Temples, and represents Dharma or the Buddha's teachings. It is still an active Seon practice center in modern times, and was the home temple of the influential Seon master Seongcheol, who died in 1993.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haeinsa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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