Woodblocks of Sinheungsa Temple, Sokcho

The sutra printing blocks kept at Sinheungsa Temple on Seoraksan Mountain are gyeongpan — carved blocks used to print Buddhist sutras, with the text cut into wooden boards like a stamp. The collection totals 225 blocks: those for the Bulseol Daebo Bumo Eunjunggyeong (the sutra on the Buddha's teaching on the profound kindness of parents), part of the blocks for the Beophwagyeong (Lotus Sutra), part of the blocks for the Daranigyeong (Dharani Sutra), and several other scattered blocks. Of these, the Bulseol Daebo Bumo Eunjunggyeong is missing the blocks for pages 3–4 and 13–14; it presents the Chinese original together with a Korean vernacular translation, and important passages are even illustrated. The final block bears a colophon reading "carved in the fifteenth year of the Sunchi reign, at Sinheungsa Temple, Seoraksan Mountain, Yangyang-bu, Gangwon-do," showing that it was published in 1658, the ninth year of King Hyojong of Joseon.

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Where it is

Region

Sokcho, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산