Haeinsa Temple to Carve Over 80,000 New Sheets of the Tripitaka Koreana… ‘Tripitaka Woodblock Carving Ceremony’
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(Hapcheon=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-min = Haeinsa Temple, the Dharma-preserving temple, held a ceremony on the afternoon of the 29th at the Pagoda Courtyard in Hapcheon-gun, South Gyeongsang Province, regarding the Tripitaka Koreana (81,352 sheets), a National Treasure and World Heritage...
Haeinsa Temple held a Buddhist ceremony to mark the beginning of a 50 to 100-year long-term project to re-carve the Tripitaka Koreana. This Buddhist undertaking embodies the values of human peace and respect for life amidst the complex crises of the modern era, and plans to systematically transmit and perfect traditional woodblock carving techniques through the training of specialized personnel and the establishment of a Tripitaka Koreana Town.
Seoul Economic Daily: Haeinsa Temple Begins Recarving Tripitaka Koreana, a Project That May Take a Century
Seoul Economic Daily: Haeinsa Temple Begins Recarving Tripitaka Koreana, a Project That May Take a Century. “Haeinsa Temple in Hapcheon, Gyeongsangnam-do, held a ‘Daejanggyeong Woodblock Carving Gobulsik’ ceremony in the temple’s pagoda courtyard on the afternoon of the 29th, launching a long journey to newly carve all 81,352 woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana, a national treasure and UNESCO Memory of the World item. The Buddhist project is exp…
With completion potentially taking up to 100 years, Haeinsa Temple has embarked on a monumental project to re-carve the Tripitaka. The aim is to connect the spirit of the Tripitaka Koreana—carved over 800 years ago amidst Mongol invasions to pray for the well-being of the nation and its people—to today's peace for humanity. Haeinsa estimates the project cost to be between 3 and 5 trillion won. On the afternoon of the 29th at 2 p.m., Haeinsa Te…
(Hapcheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-min = Haeinsa Temple, the Dharma-preserving temple, held the 'Ceremony for the New Carving of the Tripitaka Koreana' at the Pagoda Plaza in Hapcheon-gun, South Gyeongsang Province, on the afternoon of the 29th. The ceremony marked a historic beginning toward a new millennium by newly carving the Tripitaka Koreana (81,352 sheets), which is both a National Treasure and a World Heritage. Held under the the…
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