English through Mythology – Haeinsa Temple (海印寺)

Haeinsa Temple and Mount Gaya:

Vocabulary 해인사와 가야산 : 어휘

Basic facts:

Haeinsa Temple (해인사) is located at the foot of Mount Gaya (가야산). It is one of the three gems of Korean Buddhism (불교). If you visit Haeinsa Temple, you can walk through a maze (미로) that was designed by Great Monk Uisang (의상대사). You can also see the Tripitaka Koreana (팔만대장경), a collection of more than eighty-one thousand wooden printing blocks.

Temple’s name: Haeinsa (해인사 / 海印寺)Location: At the foot of Mount Gaya (

가야산)What’s special about Haeinsa Temple?

You can see 81,000 wooden printing blocks. They were used for printing Buddhist texts.

Vocabulary for Haeinsa Temple:

UNESCO = United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organisation (유네스코)

UNESCO World Heritage Site = 유네스코 세계문화유산

temple = 사찰 Buddhism = 불교 / 佛教

Buddhist = 불교의 Mount Gaya = 가야산

Tripitaka Koreana = 팔만대장경

Great Monk Uisang = 의상 대사

maze = 미로

labyrinth = 미궁

lotus lanterns = 연등

Climbing Mount Gaya:

more than = 이상 over = 이상

sea level = 해발 misty = 안개낀

summit = 산 꼭대기 Cow’s Head Peak = 牛頭峰

Sample sentences ( 예문 ):

1. Mount Gaya’s summit is more than 1,400 metres above sea level.

2. The summit of Mount Gaya is over 1,400 metres above sea level.