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Heungdeoksa

Heungdeoksa was a Buddhist temple in Cheongju, Korea, where in 1377 the Jikji, the oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type, was produced. The temple disappeared, and its site was identified only by excavations in the 1980s. The Cheongju Early Printing Museum now stands beside the site.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Heungdeoksa. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/heungdeoksa
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