Culturerebuilt 1488

Janggyeong Panjeon, Haeinsa, Hapcheon

Early Joseon depositories that hold the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks. Their scientific design for ventilation and humidity made them a World Heritage Site in 1995.

These buildings at Haeinsa house the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks; what stands today was largely rebuilt in 1488 (19th year of King Seongjong). Two plain, unadorned halls, Sudarajang in front and Beopbojeon behind, stand side by side.

For airflow, the windows on the front and back walls differ in size top and bottom, and the earthen floor is packed with charcoal, lime and salt to absorb and release moisture. Thanks to this, more than 80,000 woodblocks have survived over 500 years without rotting or warping.

They are a National Treasure and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995; the woodblocks inside were inscribed on the Memory of the World Register in 2007.

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Changes in Architecture1200 – 1910

From Geungnakjeon at Bongjeongsa to Seokjojeon at Deoksugung — Goryeo bracket styles, Joseon palaces, walls and multi-storey temple halls, and the Western buildings of the Korean Empire

Intangible and World Heritage2000 BC – 1850

From the dolmens to Namhansanseong on the World Heritage List, from Jongmyo ritual music to ssireum on the Intangible Heritage lists — where each came from and when it was inscribed

Janggyeong Panjeon, Haeinsa, Hapcheon

The map in 1488

People

Before and after

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