Samgaksan Mountain

Samgaksan Mountain forms the core of Bukhansan Mountain, comprising Baegundae Peak (835.6 m), Insubong Peak (811.1 m) and Mangyeongdae Peak (800.6 m). These peaks formed during the Jurassic period, and their granite domes of varied shapes are strikingly beautiful. The mountain's slopes reach gradients of 70°, and at the summit of Baegundae Peak there is a flat area of about 500 m², which draws climbers and visitors. Mangyeongdae Peak was formerly called Gukmangbong, and its summit terrain is irregular. When the Goguryeo princes Onjo and Biryu travelled south, they reached Hansan and climbed Buaak to survey the land for a place to settle — this was Samgaksan Mountain. Later, when the monk Muhak was searching for a candidate site for the capital of Joseon, he came to Baegundae and Mangyeongdae peaks and climbed Bibong Peak, where he found a stone monument inscribed "Muhak has taken the wrong path and arrived here"; he changed course and descended, and the site he then chose for the palace — today's Gyeongbokgung Palace — was decided because of this mountain. It was also here, in the Joseon period, that Kim Sang-heon, being taken away to China during the Manchu invasion, recited the poem "I go now, Samgaksan Mountain — I shall see you again, waters of the Hangang River..."

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Where it is

Region

Goyang, Gyeonggi

Designation

Scenic Site · 명승