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Geumjeongsan

Geumjeongsan (or Geumjeong Mountain) is a mountain in the city of Busan

Busan

Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan is the largest seaport city in South Korea. Busan has a population of 3.65 million and is South Korea's second largest metropolis, after Seoul....
in South Korea

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
. It covers a large surface that extends into Dongnae-gu

Dongnae-gu

Dongnae-gu is a Subdivisions of South Korea in northern Busan, South Korea. It has a population of about 300,000, and an area of 16.7 square kilometers....
in the south, Buk-gu

Buk-gu (Busan)

Buk-gu is a Subdivisions of South Korea, or district, in north central Busan, South Korea. Buk-gu covers a surface of 38.30 km? is home to about 335,000 people....
in the west, Geumjeong-gu

Geumjeong-gu

Geumjeong-gu is a district in north central Busan, South Korea. Approximately 7.3% of Busan's population is in Geumjeong-gu.The Hoedong Reservoir is located on the district's eastern boundary, and the mountain Geumjeongsan on the west....
in the east, and the city of Yangsan

Yangsan

Yangsan is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in Gyeongsangnam-do Province, South Korea....
in the north. Its highest peak, Godang-bong, the highest peak in the region, stands at 801.5 meters on the city limit between Busan and Yangsan.

Geumjeongsan is the city's most popular hiking destination, and thousands of people climb it during the week-ends.

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Geumjeongsan (or Geumjeong Mountain) is a mountain in the city of Busan

Busan

South Korea

Dongnae-gu

Dongnae-gu is a Subdivisions of South Korea in northern Busan, South Korea. It has a population of about 300,000, and an area of 16.7 square kilometers....
in the south, Buk-gu

Buk-gu (Busan)

Buk-gu is a Subdivisions of South Korea, or district, in north central Busan, South Korea. Buk-gu covers a surface of 38.30 km? is home to about 335,000 people....
in the west, Geumjeong-gu

Geumjeong-gu

Yangsan

Aerial tramway

An aerial tramway is a type of aerial lift in which a cabin is suspended from a Wire rope and is pulled by another cable.An aerial tramway is often called a cable car or ropeway, and sometimes incorrectly referred to as a gondola lift ....
in Geumgang Park near Myeongnyundong station

Busan Subway Line 1

Busan Subway Line 1 is the north-south route of the Busan Subway. It is, as of 2005, 32.5 km long with 34 stations. Line 1 uses 8-car trains, with 45 currently in total....
or by taking the bus from Oncheonjang station

Busan Subway Line 1

Busan Subway Line 1 is the north-south route of the Busan Subway. It is, as of 2005, 32.5 km long with 34 stations. Line 1 uses 8-car trains, with 45 currently in total....
to Saseongmaeul on the mountain top.

Sanseongmaeul is a small rural community built in the mountain valley, isolated from the surrounding city. It includes a few agricultural fields and livestock pastures on the valley sides. The place is well-known for its speciality meal: "barbecued goat meat".

Geumjeongsan is renowned for the Geumjeongsanseong built on top of the mountain and Beomeo Temple

Beomeosa

Beomeosa is a Korean Buddhism temple in Cheongnyong-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, South Korea. Built on the slopes of Geumjeongsan, it is one of the country's leading urban temples....
on its north-east side.

Geumjeongsanseong (Fortress)

Following the Japanese invasion of 1592 and the Manchu

Manchu

The Manchu people are a Tungusic peoples who originated in Manchuria . During their rise in the seventeenth century, with the help of Ming rebels , they conquered the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until its abolition in 1911 after the Xinhai Revolution, which established Republic of China in its place....
invasion in 1627

First Manchu invasion of Korea

The First Manchu invasion of Korea occurred in 1627, when Hong Taiji led the Manchu army against Korea's Joseon dynasty. It was followed by the Second Manchu invasion of Korea....
and again in 1637

Second Manchu invasion of Korea

The second Manchu invasion of Korea occurred in 1636, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty brought Korea's Joseon dynasty into submission. It followed the first Manchu invasion of Korea of 1627....
the construction of the Geumjeongsanseong

Geumjeongsanseong

Geumjeongsanseong is the largest mountain fortress in the Republic of Korea today. It is located on Geumjeongsan in the Busan Metropolitan City....
fortress was recommended by the governor of Gyeongsang-do

Gyeongsang

Gyeongsang was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. Gyeongsang was located in the southeast of Korea. The provincial capital was Daegu....
. The construction of fortress itself was started in 1701 and finished in 1703, the 29th year of the reign of King Sukjong. The construction of the walls was completed in 1707 They are about 17 km in length and 1.5 to 3 meters in height. They circle a surface of about 8.2 km². The fortress eventually fell due disuse due to its high maintenance cost until it was restored in 1807, the 7th year of the reign of King Sunjo. The West Gate was built that year and the other gates during the following year.

Today, thanks to the restoration efforts, much of the walls and the four gates still stand. Of the 4 existing observation towers, the tower number 1 (?1??) located on the south-west side was destroyed by the typhoon Rusa

Typhoon Rusa

Typhoon Rusa was the 21st JTWC tropical depression , the 15th named storm, and the 10th typhoon of the 2002 Pacific typhoon season. The name of the typhoon, which was contributed by Malaysia, is a type of samber deer most commonly seen in secondary forests on gently sloping terrain....
on the morning of September 1, 2002. The area around the South Gate is a popular resting place. The West Gate, even though it is the most impressive of the four, is the less frequented one due to its lack of accessibility.

Restoration work

Since much of the fortress had been destroyed during the Japanese occupation

Korea under Japanese rule

Korea was under Japanese rule as part of the Imperial Japan during the first half of the 20th century, until the surrender of Japan in 1945. Korea was occupied and declared a Japanese protectorate in 1905 , and officially annexation in 1910 through an Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty....
(1910-1945), restoration work was started in 1972. In 1974 The East, West and South Gates were restored and the North Gate was rebuilt in 1989.

More restoration works, commissioned by the Busan City Council, are currently under way. This restoration is taking place over a period of 15 years and is divided in 3 phases of 5 years between 1996 and 2010.

Phase 1 (1996-2000) covers the west region, going from the North Gate down to the West Gate.
Phase 2 (2000-2005) covers the section of wall on the east side, running between the North Gate and the East Gate. It include the obsrevation towers 3 and 4.
Phase 3 (2006-2010) covers everything south of the West and East Gates, including the South Gate and the observation towers 1 and 2.

Godangbong

Godangbong is the highest peak on the mountain. It stands at an altitude of 801.5 meters on the city limit between Busan

Busan

Yangsan

Yangsan is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in Gyeongsangnam-do Province, South Korea....
. Its summit gives a great view of the surroundings, including Gimhae International Airport

Gimhae International Airport

Gimhae International Airport is located on the western end of Busan in South Korea. It opened in 1976. A new international terminal opened on October 31, 2007....
in Gangseo-gu

Gangseo-gu (Busan)

Gangseo-gu is a Subdivisions of South Korea on the west side of Nakdong River in Busan, South Korea. It has an area of 179.05 km?, and a population of about 60,000....
. On very clear days it is possible to see the cities of Gimhae

Gimhae

Gimhae, also commonly spelled Kimhae, is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is the seat of the large Gimhae Kim clan, one of the largest Kim clans in Korea....
and Jinhae

Jinhae

Jinhae is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The city is on the south coast, is served by the Korean National Railroad, and is famous for its annual cherry blossom festival every spring....
further to the south-west and the mountain relief of Tsushima Island

Tsushima Island

Tsushima are islands of the Japanese Archipelago situated in the middle of Korea Strait at 34?25'N and 129?20'E. It is the largest island of Nagasaki Prefecture....
half-way in the Korea Strait

Korea Strait

The Korea Strait is a strait between South Korea and Japan, connecting the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan in the northwest Pacific Ocean. The strait is split by the Tsushima Island into the western channel and the Tsushima Strait ....
.

Geumsaem

Geumseam (literally Golden fountain) is a naturally formed cavity on top of a granite boulder standing off a cliff about 500 meters east of Godang-bong.

According to the legend a golden fish (Geumeo, ??) came down from the world of Brahma

Brahma (Buddhism)

A in Buddhism is the name for a type of exalted passionless deity , of which there are multiple in Buddhist cosmology....
on a 5-coloured cloud and took residence in the golden fountain. The fountain if said to never dry and the colour of its water is always gold. The names of the mountain and Beomeo temple originated from that legend.

Today the legend is still represented in the symbols of Geumjeong-gu

Geumjeong-gu

Geumjeongsan

Geumjeongsanseong (Fortress)

Restoration work

Godangbong

Geumsaem

See also