80,000 wooden blocks, carved 800 years ago.
Haeinsa Temple
해인사 · Hapcheon, Gyeongsangnam-do
A mountain temple guarding the Tripitaka Koreana: more than 80,000 wooden printing blocks of Buddhist scripture carved in the 13th century. UNESCO World Heritage.
Local tipStay a night in a temple stay for early-morning chanting and silence.
Getting thereBus from Daegu, about 1.5 hours.
Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
