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Gayasan

Gayasan (가야산 (伽倻山; "Gaya Mountain") in Korean) is a mountain in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The mountain is part of Gayasan National Park (Gayasan Gungnip Gongweon; 가야산 국립 공원; 伽倻山國立公園), and is home to Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple which houses the Tripitaka Koreana, the Buddhist scriptures carved onto roughly 80,000 wooden printing blocks.