Mudeungsan National Park
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| Location: | Jeollanam-do , South Korea | ||
| Next city: | Gwangju | ||
| Surface: | 75.45 km² | ||
| Founding: | 4th March 2013 | ||
| Address: | Mudeungsan National Park Office, Address: 29, Dongsan-gil, Dong-gu, Gwangju City | ||
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The Mudeungsan National Park ( 무등산 국립 공원 ) is one of the youngest national parks in South Korea . Before that, it had the status of a provincial park for many years .
Location and geography
The park is located east of Gwangju City in Jeollanam-do Province . The highest point is the 1187 m high Cheonwangbong , the summit of the sky king . Together with the Jiwangbong (summit of the earth king) and the Inwanbong (summit of the human king) it formed a place of pilgrimage.
Flora and fauna
Despite its proximity to the city of Gwangju, the national park has many animal and plant species, including rare and endangered species such as the otter and Lindera sericea . The flying squirrels are a little more common .
Attractions
- Yaksasa Temple This temple is the only temple near Gwangju that survived the fighting of the Korean War without major damage.
- Jeungsimsa Temple This temple was not as lucky as the Yaksasa: He was both during the Imjin - and completely destroyed during the Korean War. Reconstruction was delayed until the 1970s.
- Wonhyosa Temple This temple did not withstand the turmoil of the wars either, but it did provide a small consolation: During the reconstruction of some buildings in the 1980s, around 100 artifacts made of gold, copper and clay were found that are now in the Gwangju National Museum exhibited are.
Web links
- Park page on the Korea National Park Service website
- Jeungsimsa Temple website (Korean)
- Gwangju National Museum website