5 attractions in Hapcheon, including Gayasan Mountain, Okjeon Tumuli, Hapcheon and Hambyeongnu Pavilion. Map, details and practical tips before you go.
Mountains & peaks
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Gayasan is a rocky 1,433 m mountain on the border of Hapcheon (South Gyeongsang) and Seongju (North Gyeongsang), with Haeinsa Temple, home of the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks, on its southern slopes. It was long counted among the "eight gr…
Historic sites & memorials
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On low hills above a bend in the Hwanggang River in Ssangchaek-myeon, Hapcheon, 18 large burial mounds 20–30 m across line the ridge. The Okjeon Tumuli are thought to hold the rulers of Dara, one of the small Gaya states. Swords decorated…
Historic sites & memorials
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Hambyeongnu is a two-storey pavilion on a cliff above the Hwanggang River in Hapcheon town, South Gyeongsang. First built in 1321 under the Goryeo dynasty, it is known for being set so close to the edge that rain from its eaves drops strai…
Mountains & peaks
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Rising on the border of Hapcheon and Sancheong counties in South Gyeongsang, Hwangmaesan was for a long time hard to find even in hiking guides. It became known after being designated a county park in 1983, and today it stands with Gayasan…
Churches & monasteries
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Haeinsa sits halfway up Gayasan in Hapcheon, South Gyeongsang Province, and is famous for the Tripitaka Koreana, the Buddhist canon carved on wooden blocks in the Goryeo period, and for Janggyeong Panjeon, the halls built to store them. It…