The rounded tumuli burial mounds hillocks in the centre of town are beautiful and serene pyramids — stately reminders of the dead they still honour. Read More. A simple, three-line subway system makes getting around easy, and Daegu sometimes spelled Taegu is also a great hub for day trips; including to Haein-sa and Jikji-sa , both of which offer templestays. Explore more. The Unesco World Heritage—listed temple of Haein-sa is one of Korea's most famous Buddhist temples, beautifully located in the hills of Gayasan National Park and containing the Tripitaka Koreana — a historic and priceless collection of 81, woodblock scriptures — in a quadrant of four buildings at the upper reaches of the compound.