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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Haeinsa

Haeinsa is one of the foremost Buddhist temples in South Korea, most notable because it is the home of the Tripitaka Koreana, the whole of the Buddhist Scriptures carved onto 81,258 wooden printing blocks. Haeinsa is one of the Three Jewel Temples of Korea, and is located on Gaya Mountain in South Gyeongsang Province. It is still an active Seon practice center in modern times, and was the home temple of the influential Rev. Seongcheol, who passed away in 1993. The temple was first built in 802. Haeinsa and the Tripitaka Koreana were ad ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Byeonhan

Byeonhan also known as Byeonjin (변진/弁辰) was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from the 1st century BC to the 4th century CE in the southern Korean peninsula. Byeonhan was counted as one of Samhan (or "Three Hans"), with Mahan and Jinhan. They are believed to have been centered in the Nakdong River valley. The San guo zhi, a Chinese chronicle which discusses the Samhan peoples, states that the culture of Byeon ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Seokguram

The Seokguram Grotto is a hermitage of the Bulguksa temple and lies east of the temple on Mt. Tohamsan. In 1995 Seokgram was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list together with Bulguksa. It is the 24th national treasure of Korea. It is said to have been built by Gim Daeseong in 751, but it remained virtually unknown. Its last record was of the early 18th century, and it was discovered in a decrepit state in the early 20th century. The Japanese Government-General of Chosen conducted restoration works three times, but it ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Goryeo

The state of Goryeo ruled Korea from the fall of Silla in 935 until the founding of Joseon in 1392. The name "Goryeo" is a shortened form of "Goguryeo," the name of a kingdom in northern Korea which was conquered by Silla in 668. The English name "Korea" comes from "Goryeo." See Names of Korea. Two of this period's most notable products are Goryeo pottery — the famous Korean celadon pottery — and the Tripitaka Koreana — the Buddhist scriptures (Tripitak ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Joseon

Joseon (조선, also Chosŏn) is a name for Korea, as used in the following cases: Korea was named Joseon in the Korean language during the Joseon Dynasty Korea under Japanese rule was named Joseon (or more accurately, the Japanese version Chōsen). North Korea today refers to Korea as a whole, or sometimes just North Korea, as Chosŏn in the Korean language. See Names of Korea for more details on the changing use of the name. It is also used in the names of two prominent newspapers: the South Korean Chosun ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Myeongjong of Goryeo

Myeongjong was the third son of King Injong, and king of the Korean kingdom of Goryeo (1170–1197). Although it was intended that Injong's second son should succeed his father*, he was assassinated because Chung Jung-Bu feared that he might become a threat to him in the future. Myeongjong was a weak king, and was merely on the throne to show the general populace they still had a king, as the true rulers were the military leaders. His reign saw constant bloodshed as well as the deaths of the rebels Chung Jung-bu, ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Uisang

Uisang (625 - 702) was one of the most eminent early Silla scholar-monks, a close friend of Wonhyo (元曉). He traveled to China, studying at Mt. Zhongnan as a student of the influential Huayan master Zhiyan (智儼) and as a senior colleague of Fazang (法藏). He became an expert in Huayan (華嚴) doctrine and was the founder of the Korean Hwaeom school. He was famous as a temple builder. Most well-known among his writings is the Hwaeom ilseung peopkye to(Chart of the Avata ṃsaka Single V ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Ara Gaya

Gojoseon, Jin Proto-Three Kingdoms:  Buyeo, Okjeo, Dongye  Samhan, Gaya Three Kingdoms:  Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla Unified Silla, Balhae Later Three Kingdoms Goryeo Joseon Japanese Rule Divided Korea:  N. Korea, S. Korea List of Rulers SK electoral history Ara Gaya, also known as Ana Gaya, Asiryangguk (아시량국, 阿尸良國)), and Alla (안라, 安羅) ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Yun Poson

Yun Poson (Korean hangul: 윤보선; hanja: 尹潽善; revised: Yun Boseon; McCune-Reischauer: Yun Posŏn; August 26, 1897 – July 18, 1990) was the President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962. Born in Asan, South Chungcheong province, Yun graduated with an M.A. from the University of Edinburgh in 1930. He entered politics after Japanese occupation ended in 1945, with Syngman Rhee being his mentor. In 1948, Yun was appointed by Rhee as mayor of Seoul. A year later, he was appointed as the Minister of Commerce and ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Yeongnam

Yeongnam is the name of a region that coincides with the former Gyeongsang Province in what is now South Korea. (It was also the name of a Goryeo-era province in the same area.) The region includes the modern-day provinces of North and South Gyeongsang and the self-governing cities of Busan, Daegu, and Ulsan. The regional name is used (with a slightly different spelling) as the name of Yeungnam University. See also. Regions of Korea Yeongdong Honam List of Kor ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Yeon Gaesomun

Yeon Gaesomun (? - 666), was a Goguryeo general of noble birth. In 642 he had killed King Yeongnyu and seized supreme power. He installed King Bojang as a puppet ruler. As military dictator, he led the country's defense against the initial attack of Tang and then again against a Tang-Silla alliance. Yeon launched his coup d'etat at the end of a lengthy power struggle within the Goguryeo aristocracy. Charged with the defense of the country's borders, he had grown impatient with the country's policy of appeasement towards Tang. T ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Daegaya

Daegaya was a major chiefdom of the Gaya confederacy during the Korean Three Kingdoms period. Daegaya was located in present-day Goryeong County, in North Gyeongsang Province of South Korea. (It should not be confused with Goryeong Gaya, which was located in present-day Jinju.) According to "Geographies" in Samguk Sagi, Daegaya existed for about 520 years from the first king, Ijinashi (이진아시왕), to the last, King Doseolji (도설지왕). Daegaya had sixteen kings from King Ininashi to King Doseolji but only four of those are known; 1st King Ijinashi, 9th King Anoi, 16th King Dos ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Daewon-gun

The Daewon-gun, or properly Heungseon Daewon-gun, (1820–1898) was the regent of Joseon during much of the later 19th century. Daewon-gun simply means "regent." The Daewon-gun was the father of the next-to-last Joseon monarch Gojong, and effectively wielded royal power. He was engaged in recurrent power struggles with Queen Min, the wife of the king. She had him sent into exile in 1882, but he returned four years later and was able b ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Dojo

A dojo is a term used in Japanese martial arts that refers to a formal training hall. It is typically considered the formal gathering place for students of a martial arts style to conduct training, examinations and other related encounters. In Japanese, dōjō (道場) means literally "place of the Way". A hombu dojo or honbu dojo of a style is considered the administrative and stylistic headquarters or a particular martial arts style or group. This does not necessarily mean that they are large or ostentatious. Some well-known hombu dojo located in Japan are Kodokan< ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Pasa of Silla

Pasa Isageum (80-112, d. 112) was the fifth ruler of the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla. He was either King Yuri's son or his nephew, and thereby a descendant of Silla's first ruler Bak Hyeokgeose. According to the Samguk Sagi, the Wolseong royal fortress was first constructed in the twenty-second year of his reign. Portions of this fortress are still preserved in central Gyeongju. In the twenty-third year of Pasa's reign, Silla gained control over the previously independent states of Siljikgok (present-day Samch ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Ansan

Ansan is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies south of Seoul, and is part of the Capital Metropolitan Area. It is connected to Seoul by rail via Seoul Subway Line 4. Ansan is situated on the coast of the Yellow Sea (locally called West Sea), at 37°19′N 126°50′E. Portions of various Yellow Sea islands lie within its jurisdiction. The largest and best-known of these is Daebu Island. Several institutions of higher learning are located in Ansan. They include Ansan College, Ansan College of Technology, Seoul Institute of t ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Changwon

Changwon(창원) is a city in and the capital of South Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. The city is approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Busan. It has approximately 545 000 people and is the only planned city in Korea. It was established in 1974 to be an industrial and residential centre, and also as the future provincial capital and has grown since this time. Unlike most other Korean cities that are just urban sprawl, Changwon has many parks and gardens throughout ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Wonhyo

Wonhyo (617 - 686) was one of the leading thinkers, writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition. With his life spanning the end of the Three Kingdoms period and the beginning of the Unified Silla, Wonhyo played a vital role in the reception and assimilation of the broad range of doctrinal Buddhist streams that flowed into the Korean peninsula at the time. Wonhyo was most interested in, and affected by Tathāgatagarbha, Yogācāra and Hwaeom thought. However, in his extensive scholarly works, composed as commentari ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Silla

Silla (also spelled Shilla) was one of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea. It conquered the other two kingdoms in the 7th century C.E., Baekje in 660 and Goguryeo in 668. Historians sometimes refer to Silla in the period after it conquered the other two kingdoms as Unified Silla. Silla history is traditionally divided by Korean scholars into four periods. During the first period (57 B.C.~514 A.D.), Silla evolved to a kingdom. Silla became a fully grown kingdom during the second period (514~654). During the ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Bihwa Gaya

Bihwa Gaya, also known as Bijabal, was one of the kingdoms of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms Period. It was based near the modern city center of Changnyeong County in South Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It was conquered by Silla in the 6th century, before 555. Bihwa Gaya is mentioned in the Goryeo Saryak and under the name "Bijabal" in the Japanese chronicle Nihonshoki. It may have arisen from the 3rd century Jinhan state of Bulsaguk (불사국, 不斯國) which was probably also located ...

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List of Korea-related topics: Encyclopedia - Chin2

Chin2 (named after the original filename chin2.mpeg) is a humorous video considered by some to be an Internet classic. The video features two shirtless Korean youths who dance and lip-sync along with a sped-up version of the Korean language song "Jung Hwa Ban Jeom" (중화반점 "Chinese Restaurant") by the Korean artist Louis. The clip appeared around 2001 on Korean websites where the two performers gained the nick name, Chun Brothers (춘 브라더스), as they introduced themselves as Maeng Chun-sik (맹춘식) ...

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