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Cheongju Early Printing Museum
jckim Says: Early Printing Museum of Cheongju has been opened since March 17, 2002 at Heungdeok Temple site where the oldest metal type printing, BaekunHwasangChorokBuljoSimcheYojol, was made. This museum specializes in early printings and advertises that Korean ancestors invented and...
jckim Says: Early Printing Museum
Chimi(fish tale shaped roof tile)
jckim Says: Chimis were massively excavated on the north of the main building's site, and it seems that it was there without much movement after it fell from the main building. The total height is assumed to be 1.5m and it displays the magnificence of the temple. It is made of dark grey...
Sangdangsanseong(Sangdang Mountain Fortress)
jckim Says: The site is a stone wall fortress of large scale, pogok-style, with a circumference of 4.2km and a height of 3m to 4m.Sangdang-sanseong is a parabolic stone fortress. Its name might come from Snagdang-hyeon of Beakje, one of Three Kingdoms. Its circumference is 4Km long, and...
jckim Says: It is a temple site of the United Silla Dynasty, located in Uncheon-dong, Cheongju. Upon the excavation in 1985, the building sites involving geumdangji, or the site of a temple's main prayer hall, seohoerangji, or the site of west gallery, auditorium, annex, etc.In...
Have a look at the rice-cauldron for 3000 !
WStat Says: Inside Beopjusa' s temple square you will find a huge iron cauldron; history has it, that the cauldron once was used to cook the daily meals for the then up to 3000 monks, living in Beopjusa temple.
WStat Says: When you take the path from the parking lot to walk to the temple, you will pass a huge door , flanked on its inner side by two wild looking guards.
WStat Says: Beopjusa temple was founded in 553 by the monk Uishin during the reign of King Chinhung (540-576). According to records of the 12th and 13th centuries, based on written records from earlier times, it is said that as many as 3,000 monks lived here.In the 12th century, the...
Tom_Fields Says: Near Chungju is this small but spectacular cave. It has many of the features that other caves are known for--stalacmites, stalactites, strange rock formations, etc.
Along the Shore of Chungju Lake
Tom_Fields Says: Riding on the roads around Chungju Lake also offers some excellent views.
Tom_Fields Says: A boat ride offers the best views of Chungju Lake and surrounding terrain, which is mostly very rugged. There are several different rides, which vary from a half hour to two hours in duration. Any of them is worth the price.
Lake Hills Hotel: By the National Park
WStat Says: Mt.Songnisan National Park is one of the Korea`s 8 beautiful natural scenes that shows new looks of every seasons around the place; the hotel is just outside the gate of the National Park, a stunning area of thickly forested mountains with dramatic rock outcrops looking...
jckim Says: Baegunhwasang Chorokbuljo Jikjisimcheyojeol contains the essentials of Zen Buddhism compiled by Priest Baegun in the 21st year of King Gongmin(1372) at the age of 75. It is apparent the ideas inherited from his teacher Seogok Cheonggong, a Zen(Buddhist Mediation) master to...
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Riding on the roads around Chungju Lake also offers some excellent views.
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Baekunhwasang Chorok Buljo Jikji Simche Yojol (We'll call it Jikji from now) is the oldest metal printed book in the world among existing books, which was made 78 years before Gutenberg in German had...
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Valley of Beopjusa and Songnisan
Songnisan is a mountain and National Park in South Korea. It lies in the Sobaek mountains along the border between Gyeongsangbuk-do and Chungcheongbuk-do. Its main attractions are the temple Beopjusa...
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This is a recreational area with the prettiest lake that I saw in Korea. A boat ride on the lake offers many fine vistas of the surrounding mountains. Be sure to visit Gosugul Cave as well. Regular......
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