title: Haedong
text: # Haedong
  
  Haedong (also Haidong, traditional Chinese: 海東; simplified Chinese: 海东; pinyin: Hǎidōng; Korean: 海東; "east of the sea") may refer to:
  
  * Haidong Prefecture (in the sense of ""east of the Qinghai Lake.")
  * a historical term for Korea (viz., from a Chinese perspective)
     * Haedong Seongguk Balhae, a medieval kingdom in northern Korea and southern Manchuria
     * Buddhism in Korea
     * Haedong Goseungjeon "lives of eminent Korean monks"
     * Haedong Gumdo "Korean swordsmanship"
  