Seoraksan
Travel To Korea June 25th, 2010
Seoraksan or Mount Seorak is the highest peak of the mountain ranges Taebaek (태백산맥) is located in Gangwon Province, east of South Korea. Mount Seorak in Seorak Mountain National Park near the city of Sokcho. Seoraksan is the highest mountain to-3 in South Korea after Mount Halla in Jeju and Mount Jiri in South Gyeongsang province. The peak of Mount Seorak called Daechongbong (대청봉) which reaches a height of 1708 meters above sea level. Taebaek circuit is often regarded as the backbone of the Korean peninsula.
Mount Seorak attracts many domestic and foreign tourists throughout the year, but peak traffic occurs in the autumn when the leaves become colorful. Autumn beauty Seoraksan regarded as one of the most beautiful autumn scenery in Korea. Forest leaves red and yellow colors of the mountain rocks and streams flowing from the springs here. In the rainy season, especially during the typhoon, streams that spring gushing.
Perhaps part of the most visited is the valley at the entrance to the national park, 15 minutes from the park entrance. This valley has many interesting sites.
Waterfalls Yukdam and Biryeong (비룡폭포) is located on the left side of the valley, about 40 minutes walk from the main car park. Ulsanbawi (울산 바위; stone Ulsan) is a unique rock formations that can be achieved by climbing down the track and climbed more than 800 pieces of stairs. In the middle of the road there are 2 temples and stone fruit heundeul (Heundeulbawi, 흔들바위) located on the top of the larger stones. This rock 5 meters high and is said to be moved with minimal exertion. Thousands of people have tried to push the stone Heundeul, but no one has managed to push the stone.
According to the legend of the Korean people Ulsanbawi from the southeastern city of Ulsan in Korea. When Kumgangsan (금강산) is made, Ulsanbawi travel further north to represent Ulsan. But Ulsanbawi late and there was no place left. Ulsanbawi be ashamed and go back to the south. On one night, he slept in the region of Mount Seorak. Ulsanbawi felt it was very beautiful place and finally decided to stay there.
Rock formations Seorak very interesting mountain. Near the entrance there Cheonbuldong Valley (천불동 계곡) or the valley of a thousand Buddhas. So called because of the mountain rocks pointy pointy-like figure of Buddha is said that is created naturally.
