7 attractions in Buan County, including Byeonsanbando National Park, Naesosa Temple and Docheong-ri Holly Grove.
National parks
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Byeonsanbando National Park is Korea's only peninsula national park, taking in both mountains and sea. Inland, Naebyeonsan has Jikso Falls, rocky peaks and deep valleys; on the coast, Oebyeonsan offers sea cliffs such as Chaeseokgang and J…
Churches & monasteries
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At the foot of the inland Byeonsan mountains on the Byeonsan Peninsula, Naesosa is remembered for its approach as much as for the temple itself. A shaded avenue of some 700 fir trees leads from the first gate to the Gate of the Four Heaven…
Nature
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On a seaside hill behind the village of Mohang, at the southern tip of the Byeonsan Peninsula, about 50 Chinese holly trees grow together in a loose grove. This is the northernmost point where the warmth-loving species grows wild, which is…
Historic sites & memorials
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Suseongdang is a small tile-roofed shrine on the cliffs of Jeokbyeokgang at the western tip of the Byeonsan Peninsula. It honours Gaeyang Halmi, the sea goddess who rules the West Sea, and her eight daughters, and every year at the first f…
Coast & islands
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Chaeseokgang and Jeokbyeokgang are stretches of coast at Gyeokpo-ri in Buan, at the point where the Byeonsan Peninsula juts furthest into the Yellow Sea. Despite the word "gang" (river) in their names, they are sea cliffs and rocky shores.…
Historic sites & memorials
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On a hill on the west side of Buan town, ringed by pine woods, Buan Hyanggyo climbs the slope in terraces. Founded in 1414 as a state Confucian school, it is approached past a red spindle gate and a dismount stone, then up stone steps thro…
Coast & islands
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The Saemangeum Seawall is a 33.9-kilometre dyke built straight across the sea between Buan and Gunsan in North Jeolla. It is 1.4 km longer than the Afsluitdijk in the Netherlands (32.5 km), which earned it a Guinness World Record as the lo…