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

South Gyeongsang, XX

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

The Janggyeong Panjeon of Haeinsa (Korean: 합천 해인사 장경판전) is a 15th-century wooden depository complex built to house the Tripitaka Koreana (Goryeo Daejanggyeong, National Treasure No. 32). It is located on the mid-slope of Gayasan Mountain in Hapcheon County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Th

e complex was officially designated as South Korea's National Treasure No. 52 in 1962 and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1995. It serves as a single-purpose architectural facility created exclusively to preserve 81,258 wooden printing blocks for several centuries.

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