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Cultural heritage encountered at Bukhan Mountain

In Bukhansan Mountain, there are about 20 beautiful peaks including Baegundae Peak and Insubong Peak.Bukhansan Mountain also has vallys such as Baekin Cave and and Songchu Falls, 30 Buddihist temples, and diverse cultural properties. Visitors can enjoy beautiful and grand natural scenery while finding the hidden cultural properties.

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2017-06-26

The Pride of Bukhansan Mountain, Bukhansanseong Fortress

Designation Number : Historical site No. 162

Location : Mountain 1-1, Bukhan-dong, Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do

Currently, Bukhansanseong Fortress is designated as historical site No.162.

Bukhansanseong Fortress was constructed by the order of King Sukjong in 1711. At present, Bukhansanseong Fortress stretches from Goyang-si to Seoul.

The total perimeter is 12.7km and 8.4 km when natural rocks are excluded.

The area of regions inside the fortress is about 6.2㎢ and its about 3/4 size of Yeouido

Samgaksan Mountain is located in the northeast of Bukhansanseong Fortress and it is designated as the scenic spot No. 10. The gross area is 274,143㎡ and most of the areas belong to Goyang-si

Bukhansanseong Fortress has over 200 cultural properties and current condition of 71 cultural properties are identified.

there are 5 state-designated cultural properties and 6 province-designated cultural properties.

Bukhansanseong Fortress has cultural properties that still needs to be identified.

The features of Bukhansanseong Fortress are as follows.

First, accessibility.

When you take a look at the old maps and drawing about regions around Bukhansanseong Fortress, you will notice that Seoul Fortress Wall and Bukhansanseong Fortress are connected by Tangchundaeseong Fortress (made to connect Fortress Wall of Seoul and Bukhansanseong Fortress).

Due to such features, people could move quickly through the road in the event of emergency.

Second feature is the defensive power.

Anyone who climbed Bukhansan Mountain would agree that roads for going up the ridge of Bukhansan Mountain are rough.

The third feature is Bukhansanseong Fortress’s best scenic spot.

Bukhansanseong Fortress has state-designated cultural property scenic spot No.1.

In the middle of Bukhansan and northeast of Bukhansanseong Fortress, you will see the center of Bukhansan, Samgaksan Mountain.

In Samgaksan Mountain, Baegundae Peak, Insubong Peak, and Mangyeongdae Peak form three mountain peaks.

The fourth feature is the preservation of past shape.

Although it is said that some parts of the Bukhansanseong Fortress were reconstructed during the period of King Jungjo and and King Sunjo, most of the fortress were actually constructed in 1711 during the period of King Sukjong.

The fortresses constructed during the period of King Sukjong still have their original shapes.

Bukhansan Mountain is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records for the most visited mountain per unit area.

Bukhansan Mountain is also well-known for national park nearest to the capital in the world.

Many people don’t notice the preciousness of Bukhansan Mountain since they can visit the mountain anytime. How about thinking about Bukhansan Mountain and its preciousness?