A Buddhist monk demonstrates how to carve Buddhist scriptures on a wooden printing block during a ceremony at Haeinsa Temple in Hapcheon, South Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on Oct. 29, 2026, to mark the start of a new carving of the Tripitaka Koreana, a national treasure and UNESCO Memory of the World heritage. Tripitaka Koreana, or Palmandaejanggyeong in Korean, comprises 13th-century Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,352 wooden printing blocks. (Yonhap)

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