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Haeinsa Monastery

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Printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scriptures

With the coming of Buddhism to East Asia came the Buddhist scriptures ("tripitaka"). These were first brought to China from India and translated into Chinese. In early centuries, many variant versions of the scriptures circulated, some…
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