Haeinsa Temple

This temple is located in Gaya-myeon, Hampeon-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea. Its name is Gayasan (Gozusan) Haeinsa Temple. It is said to have been built in 802 by the 39th king of Silla, Aiso-o, for two monks, Sunjo and Sunjeong, who had been cured of a long-standing illness. The king requested the Tripitaka Koreana from the Tang Dynasty and built a library at Haeinsa Temple to house it. After that, during the reign of King Seongjong of Goryeo, the Tripitaka Koreana was printed and engraved several times, and the re-carved woodblocks were stored at Haeinsa Temple, forming the so-called "Haeinsa Woodblock Goryeo Tripitaka." During the heyday of the Goryeo dynasty, the temple boasted a magnificent scale with seven halls and hundreds of halls and monks' quarters lined with shingle roofs, but many of the ancient buildings were burned down in the repeated wars during the Yi dynasty. However, Sutara-jang, which houses the national treasure wooden blocks of the Buddhist scriptures, and Beopbojeon Hall were built in 1488. It is one of the three major temples in Korea, along with Tongdosa Temple and Songgwangsa Temple. The temple was registered as a World Heritage Site in 1995 (World Cultural Heritage).

[Michio Sato]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

韓国（大韓民国）、慶尚南道陝川(せんせん)郡伽倻(かや)面にある寺。伽倻山（牛頭(ごず)山）海印寺と号する。新羅(しらぎ)第39代哀荘王(あいそうおう)が、積年の病をいやした順応(じゅんおう)、順貞(じゅんてい)の2僧のために802年に建立したと伝える。王は唐より大蔵経を求め、海印寺に蔵経閣を建立して納めた。のち高麗成宗(こうらいせいそう)代以来、数次にわたって大蔵経を刊刻するが、その再彫板木は海印寺に架蔵され、いわゆる『海印寺板高麗蔵』が成立した。高麗時代の盛時は七堂伽藍(がらん)および数百の殿堂・僧舎が甍(いらか)を並べて壮大な規模を誇ったが、李(り)朝代のたび重なる戦火で古来の建物の多くを焼失した。しかし、国宝の蔵経板木を納める修多羅蔵(しゅたらぞう)と、法宝殿(ほうぼうでん)は1488年の建造である。通度寺、松広寺と並ぶ韓国三大寺刹(じさつ)の一つである。この寺は1995年に世界遺産の文化遺産として登録されている（世界文化遺産）。

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