Life is a different Wave moving by Time and ending at Shore: Choongbuk Yong-dong Best 8 Scenery- Tour

The First Scenery : Young Guksa Temple

Cheontaesan Mountain, 715m altitude is outstanding natural scenery and well preserved natural landscape including easy find hike course which is long times loved by mountain hikers and also welcome to family camping people. Yangsan Best 8 Scenery is starting at Young Guksa Temple positioning at beautiful valley at this Cheontaesan Mountain. There are some cultural heritages around this mountain. There is magnificent old ginkgo tree at entrance road to Young Guksa Temple taking care of Young Guksa temple as well as Cheontaesan Mountain more than 1300 years old which has been registered as Natural Monument No. 233. This temple has been founded and constructed by the Wongak Daesa - Great Master Monk - at the 8^th years of Mummu King in Shilla Dynasty. Youngguk means to look after the country with people’s peaceful life. Please see overview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9hjNtvOKKU&t=99s

The Second Scenery : Gangseondae Pavilion

There is an outstanding rock at Geumgang River flowing along with Songho Ri – Village which is 13 km at West from Yeongdong District. We called this rock as Gangseondae which means Sinseon – Taoist hermit with miracle powers – came down to this rock for enjoying fantastic around landscape and scenery. They built so nice octagonal pavilion on the rock where tourist could easily and conveniently visit and appreciate around beautiful scenery at the Gangseondae as see at the attached photo. Following legend is related with this Gangseondae. Taoist fairy one day at summer asked her mom I would like to get down somewhere nobody see and take relax and bath. Her mom nodded and said “You look down. There is a rock seat along with beautiful pine trees in the river. You may take a bath at there in the river”. Her daughter looked down where her mom indicated and saw a beautiful Gangseondae with old pine trees along with Geumgang which is rolling with sunshine reflection looks like reflection of fish skin under shinny sun light. So she came down to Gangseondae with joyful yell. She was so deeply immersed to great landscape for a while and scarcely open her eye for a while and look at east where green leaves are flying over the air and become green foggy, calling as Cheonmasan Mountain, Mukheomssan Mountain at west looks like almost covering the sky, Bibongsan Mountain at south flying around with five colorful clouds and Manisan Mountain at north looks like eye borrow wriggling between mountains. She was so deeply soaking into these magnificent landscapes which she felt this place is similar to that at her resident at the sky. She was to start to take a bath at Songhori sand beach under undressed. There is Yongbawi-Dragon Rock-nearby which saw so beautiful Fairy that he could take other mind and started to step forward. While the Fairy could not recognize his movement since she was so highly immersed to natural scenery for a moment but surprisingly getting the scene of Dragon movement and hurry up dressing and rush frying over the sky

The Third Scenery : Bibongsan Mountain

Bibongsan Mountain is soaring and situated at Gagokri village which you could look down Geumgang River and Yangsan City. This mountain was a border between Shilla Dynasty and Baekje Dynasty which called as different name like Gocheungsan Mountain or Namsan one time. This mountain was later changed its name as Bibongsan Mountain as Phoenix was flying. Best scenery is not a mountain but sun set scenery as see at the photo. .

The Fourth Scenery : Bongwhangdae Pavilion

Bongwhangdae is situated at Suduri village along side with the Geumgang River where phoenix was living one day according to legend. When you look down Geumgang River at the Bongwhangdae, you could naturally realize so peaceful and neat around unpolluted natural view which would hit your hear with something.

The Fifth Scenery : Hambakjeong Pavilion

Hambakjeong Pavilion was built on the big rock in 1897 which you could meet as you walk about 500m alongside Geumgang River to upper stream. This pavilion is the best location where you could look at best scenery of sun set at Bibongsan Mountain. There is a story as you could endlessly hear so beautiful bird singing when you are there and where many scholars used to come there for poet and study.

The Sixth Scenery : Yeoeujeong Pavilion

Yeoeujeong Pavilion is positioned at pine forest in Songho National Tourist Site in Yeongdong Gun-District which was founded by Park, Eungjong who was one time provisional vice governor and came down there not only for relaxing and entertainment after resigning the governor but also for taking care of next generation education.

The Seventh Scenery : Japoong Seodang – Old Traditional School

Japoong Seodang was built by Lee, Choongbeom, and Confucian Scholar at Geumgang River side early Joseon Dynasty which was sefrveral times repaired and took a maintenance later. They called at beginning as Poonggok Dang and changed its name by Jeonggu Scholar in 1614 as present name as Japoong Seodang. Best Scenery is not this old school but student’s reading sound at the school in fact.

The Eighth Scenery : Yongam Rock

As explained above article second “Gangseondae Pavilion”, this rock has been outstanding at the middle of Geumgang River near to Gangseondae Pavilion where the Fairy took a bath and so deeply immersed to around antral landscape and scenery. This was not rock but male dragon which had been drilled for ling time for flying over to sky and finally failed to fly over to sky and solidify with present rock according to legend.