10 Facts About Tripitaka Koreana

The Tripitaka Koreana is stored in Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple in South Gyeongsang Province, in South Korea.

Tripitaka Koreana was designated a National Treasure of South Korea in 1962, and inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register in 2007.

Name Goryeo Tripitaka Koreana comes from "Goryeo", the name of Korea from the 10th to the 14th centuries.

Work on the first Tripitaka Koreana began in 1011 during the Goryeo–Khitan War and was completed in 1087.

The first Tripitaka Koreana was based primarily on the Northern Song Tripitaka completed in the 10th century, but other scriptures published until then, such as the Khitan Tripitaka, were consulted in order to identify items in need of revision and adjustment.

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Production of the Tripitaka Koreana was an enormous national commitment of money and manpower, according to Robert Buswell Jr.

Tripitaka Koreana is the 32nd National Treasure of South Korea, and Haeinsa, the depository for the Tripitaka Koreana, has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Haeinsa, the temple in which the Tripitaka Koreana is stored, While most of the wood blocks have remained in pristine condition for more than 750 years a few were damaged when a new depository was built in the early 1970s and a few blocks were transplanted to the new building on a trial basis.

Tripitaka Koreana was one of the most coveted items among Japanese Buddhists in the Edo period.

The Tripitaka Koreana was used as the basis for the modern Japanese Taisho Tripitaka.