visitjeju.net • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • Jeju Travel Hotline: +82-64-740-6000 +82-64-740-6000 Located at the western end of Jejudo Island, Suwolbong, a small mountaintop, is famous for being a favorite sunset viewing place. The mountain has vertical cliffs spreading out like a scroll painting, created from the sea waves gradually cutting inland. The top the hexagonal pavilion Suwoljeong, from where you can look down on all sides. From this pavilion, you can see all of the West Sea.
To the north, off the coast, is the Chagwido (sometimes called Jukdo) Island, where only the top peak area has grass growing, and the rest of the island is made up of dark hyeonmuam rocks and cliffs. Chagwido is famous as a fishing place, and in January, March, June, and December, people come here to fish. Around sunset, Chagwido’s seashore turns crimson red from the sun and is truly an awesome sight to behold. Available 1. From Jeju Intercity Bus Terminal, take an intercity bus running the Ilju Road to the west towards Seogwipo.
Get off at Gosan-ri Bus Stop and walk approx. 30 min to Suwolbong Peak / Or take a taxi for approx. 5 min.
2. To get to Chagwido Island, take an intercity bus at Jeju Intercity Bus Terminal and get off at Gosan-ri Bus Stop.
Walk approx. 20 min to the port, and take a ferry approx. 10 min to the island.
- Attractions>Destinations
- Date09-16-2019
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• For more info: +82-63-544-0416 +82-63-544-0416 Seongmoam, a temple of the Jogye Order, is located on Yuangsan Mountain in Mangyeong-myeon, Gimje-si. The temple is the final resting place of the mother of Jinmuk Daesa, a great Buddhist monk from the Jeonbuk region. Jinmuk believed that a person’s love and respect for Buddha is not that much different from the love and respect one has for his or her parents. As an expression of this philosophy, Jinmuk had his mother’s remains enshrined at the temple after she died at Mujasoncheonnyeonhyanghwajiji.
A neat little line of stone lamps leads visitors up from the parking lot to the temple grounds, revealing the well-attended grave of Jinmuk Daesa’s mother to the left. The temple is very unique in that it is the only one to house a caretaker’s office (Gosiraejoen Hall) that is responsible for maintaining the grave site.
It is said that prayers made to Seongmo (the holy mother) while visiting the temple will come true. Throughout the entire year, throngs of people journey to the temple to pay their respects and earnestly ask the holy mother to grant them their deepest desires. N/A (open all year round) Available Available Not available Free From Gimje Intercity Bus Terminal or Gimje Station, take a taxi to Seongmoam Hermitage (estimated 25 min). Korean Buddhism Association +82-2-2011-1857 www.koreatemple.net
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- Date12-24-2018
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