Temples: Haeinsa Temple, Gaya Mountain, South Korea [020]

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Title Temples: Haeinsa Temple, Gaya Mountain, South Korea [020]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 43, Korea, Temples, Haein-sa Monastery, 20
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1978
Subject Buddhist temples--Korea--Photographs; Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism--Korea--Photographs; Architecture, Korean--Korea--Photographs; Wooden beams--Korea--Photographs; Buddhist painting--Korea--Photographs; Korea; Gates
Keywords Haeinsa Temple; Haein-sa Monastery; Gyeongsang Namdo; Gyeongsangnam-do; Tanchong; Tanch'ŏng; Dancheong; Chogye
Spatial Coverage Korea (South); Kyŏngsang-namdo (Korea)
Description Photograph of painted wooden beams of gate, Haeinsa Temple, Gaya Mountain, South Korea
Caption on Slide Gate, Haeinsa Temple, Gaya Mountain, South Korea.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Haeinsa Temple ("Reflections on a Smooth Sea") is an important Buddhist temple on Gaya Mountain in Gyeongsang province, South Korea. Founded in the 9th century and rebuilt in the 19th century, it is best known for its complete copy of the Buddhist scriptures, the Tripitaka Koreana.--Sacred Destinations website. Note: The Tripitaka Koreana are the world's most comprehensive version of Buddhist texts. They were engraved on 80,000 woodblocks between 1237 and 1248. The storage halls at Haeinsa Temple, known as Janggyeong Panjeon, were constructed to house the woodblocks.--UNESCO website. Note: Haeinsa Temple is one of the Three Jewel Temples of Korea.--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided: "Gate detail Haeinsa Temple (Faded slide) S. 1978 Korea."
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6571v8s
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 333776
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6571v8s