Maisan Mountain Tap

These are stone pagodas piled up within Maisan Mountain, numbering some 80, and the sight of them built by stacking small rocks forms a magnificent spectacle. Each pagoda is made using small, unhewn stones just as they are, tapering gradually to a point as it rises; although built of rough stones, they are precisely designed and packed tightly without gaps, their massive forms soaring high as if piercing the sky. These pagodas, which fill onlookers with a sense of mystery, are said by some to have been built by a lay Buddhist practitioner named Yi Gap-yong who lived here, though this is not certain; there is also a claim that they were built on the order of King Taejo in the early Joseon period for geomantic purposes to protect the nation, and interest continues in how this question will ultimately be resolved.

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Where it is

Region

Jinan, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물