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Haeinsa Temple. Korean Tripitaka Library

Biblioteca de la Tripitaka coreana / Templo de Haeinsa

802 - 1398

Haeinsa
Corea del Sur

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CAMPBELL, James W.P. The Library: A World History. Thames & Hudson. 2013.

pág.61-65. "The oldest preserved library in the world.... The most important and complete corpus of Buddhist doctrinal texts that are preserved (1251). Likewise, the constructions for the library have come down to us, remaining intact until today, in the form of 2 simple wooden pavilions with 81,258 wooden planks, located on shelves. This space is made up of terraces on a hillside, forming an interior patio…

Each block of the Tripitaka made of wood, measures exactly 70x24x5 cm and weighs 3.25 kg… The structure consists of precious wooden poles supported by stone bases that protect them from humidity. The floor or ground is made from layers of charcoal, mud, sand, salt and limestone. The building appears surrounded by a hollow gutter that quickly evacuates the rainwater that falls through the eaves of the tiled roof….…. The walls are covered in plaster as protection against the elements… which in this climate has a temperature range of -20º to 35º, disposing these pavilions of an outstanding aeration. Printing the entire collection of 6,802 volumes required several decades… reaching 81.258 blocks".

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