6 attractions in Andong, including Mukgye Seowon and Mukgye Head House, Bongjeongsa Temple and Dosan Seowon Confucian Academy.
Historic sites & memorials
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In Mukgye-ri, in Gilan-myeon well to the southeast of Andong, a Confucian academy and a clan head house survive side by side in one village. Mukgye Seowon honours Kim Gye-haeng (pen name Bobaekdang), famed for his integrity as an official,…
Churches & monasteries
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Bongjeongsa sits on the slopes of Cheondeungsan in Andong, North Gyeongsang, and is home to Geungnakjeon, regarded as the oldest wooden building in Korea. Both Geungnakjeon and the main hall, Daeungjeon, are National Treasures, and in 2018…
Historic sites & memorials
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Dosan Seowon brings together the small school where Toegye Yi Hwang, Joseon's most celebrated Confucian scholar, taught his students and the academy his followers built after his death. It sits on a hillside above the Nakdonggang River in…
Churches & monasteries
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Where the Nakdong River makes a wide bend beneath the sheer cliffs of Byeongsan, Byeongsan Seowon is often called the masterpiece of Joseon-era academy architecture. Step through the gate and climb into Mandaeru, a seven-bay pavilion, and…
Historic sites & memorials
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Imcheonggak is the head house of the Goseong Yi clan, set on the slope of Yeongnamsan on the eastern edge of Andong and looking out over the Nakdong River. A family home from the middle of the Joseon period surviving to this day would be r…
Old towns & squares
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Hahoe Folk Village is a traditional clan village in Andong, wrapped in an S-shaped bend of the Nakdong River – the name itself means "river turning back". The Pungsan Ryu clan has lived here for almost 600 years, tiled-roof mansions stand…