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Haein Temple reveals to media depository of Tripitaka Koreana
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean Buddhist temple opened to media its depository of the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks Tuesday for the first time since they were produced some 760 years ago.
Made between 1237 and 1248 and preserved at Haein Temple in Hapcheon, 354 kilometers southeast of Seoul, the Tripitaka Koreana, or Daejanggyeong in Korean, consists of about 80,000 woodblocks of Buddhist scriptures that comprises 52 million characters.
Composed of four square buildings, the temple's Janggyeong Panjeon depository preserves a vast collection of cultural heritage, including the 81,258 wooden plates made in the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392). In December 1995, the Janggyeong Panjeon was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage.
Access to the depository has so far been strictly banned even to monks of the temple. Its opening Tuesday was in celebration of a festival dedicated to the millennial anniversary of the Tripitaka Koreana on Sept. 23-Nov. 6.
Made between 1237 and 1248 and preserved at Haein Temple in Hapcheon, 354 kilometers southeast of Seoul, the Tripitaka Koreana, or Daejanggyeong in Korean, consists of about 80,000 woodblocks of Buddhist scriptures that comprises 52 million characters.
Composed of four square buildings, the temple's Janggyeong Panjeon depository preserves a vast collection of cultural heritage, including the 81,258 wooden plates made in the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392). In December 1995, the Janggyeong Panjeon was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage.
Access to the depository has so far been strictly banned even to monks of the temple. Its opening Tuesday was in celebration of a festival dedicated to the millennial anniversary of the Tripitaka Koreana on Sept. 23-Nov. 6.
