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Cheonjedan |
 This
oval stone structure on the crest of Mt.Taebaek
has since ancient times been an altar to the heavenly
spirit. Since the remote past, Taebaeksan has been
revered as a sacred mountain and rites are observed
here evrey year October 3, National Foundation Day.
The altar is called cheonwangdang or the Altar to
the Heavenly King. It is a nine-tiered structure
built of natural stone. It is 2.4 meters high, 7.36
meters wide along its shortest axis, 8.26 meters
wide aling its longest axis and 27.5 meters around
at the base. For the annual sites, nine kinds of
offerings are placed on the altar, which is decorated
with many colorful flags, including the Korean national
flag and a seven-star banner. There are two smaller
altars near here that have similar origins. The
one to the north is called Janggundan and the one
to the south Hadan. Numerous other stone altars
and pagodas are found in this area. People often
come to pray, and impious acts, such as hunting
or breaking branches off the trees, are forbidden.
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Name of Cultural Asset |
Cheonjedan |
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Designated Number |
National Important Folk
Material No.228 |
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Location |
San 80, Sodo-dong and
San 87-2, Hyeol-dong |
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Scale and Size |
27.5-meter-round, 2.4-meter-high
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Designated Date |
October 23, 1991 |
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Woldungul Cave |
 woltun
is a cylindrical cave with a 70 slope. The limestone
rock in which it has formed has been dated at about
500 million years. Cave corals and cascades adorn
the walls ; stalactites, stalagmites and flowstone
of all sizes and shapes, including fence shape stalagmites,
combine to present a magnificent subterranean sight.
In the chamber at the end of the cave is a 4m deep
pool with an 8m high stalagmite in its center. |
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Name of Cultural Asset |
Woldungul
Cave |
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Designated Number |
Provincial Monument ≫58
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Location |
San 117, Won-dong |
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Scale and Size |
Cylindrical Vertical Cave
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Designated Date |
November 9, 1986 |
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Mt. Taebaek Seokjangsung (Totem Pole) |
 This
Devil Post is a cith guardian deity of Taebaeksan,
and it is connected with Cheonjedan and Cheonje
religious faith. This also shows us its sacred area,
and it is placed street corner of a path up the
mountain. Originally, it was in the middle of the
pine grove. The pine grove was called Jangseungdunji,
but it was buried by tourists'stone. So it was removed
to the grounds into Manggyeong temple of Taebaeksan.
And it was attended as a stone Buddist image. Ine
1987, Taebaaek cultural organization restired it
in this place. We don't know the time of its production,
and its quality of the Rock is granite. Cheonhadaejanggun
is 170 centimeters tall, 130 centimeters round.
Jihayeojanggun is 155 centimeters tall, 135 centimeters
sound. And this size is an average man and woman's
size. This is a valuable material of folk faith
researches |
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Name of Cultural Asset |
Taebaek Seokjangsung
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Designated Number |
Provincial Folk Material
≫ 4 |
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Location |
#192, Sodo-dong |
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Scale and Size |
Jiha Daejanggun (170 meters
high, 130 cm around);
Jihayejanggun (155 meters high and 135 cm
around) |
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Designated Date |
March 9, 1995 |
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Three-Story Stone Pagoda at Bonjeok Temple |
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Doosun Coal Warehouse in Cheolam Station |
Samcheok coal mine was founded by the government-general
in 1935 during the period of Japanese occupation by force
and was developed as the largest smokeless coal mine in
the South Korea. It was established by the Jansgsung mining
station subordinated to the Korea Coal Corporation, a
government enterprise founded for national economy development
after the liberation, and is a facility operating up to
now.
It is a symbolically important facility having played
a major role in the national energy industry between 1960s
and 1970s as a coal selection facility sorting by the
buyers and processing the raw coals digged from the mine.
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Name of the Cultural Treasure
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Coal selection facilities
in Front of The Chueolam Station |
Designation Number
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The 21st major folk materials
designated by the nation |
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Location |
361-1 Cheolamdong (13,471㎡) |
Designation Date
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2002. 5. 27 |
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Major Facilities |
| Raw coal storage and transportation (belt conveyor),
pumice stone sorting, crushing, and transporting, sorting
of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd smokeless coal, separation of the
impurities (precipitation), formation with 20 major facilities
such as various machine supply and maintenance equipment |
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Tree-storey
stone pagoda material at Bonjeok Temple site Gangwon-do
Cutural Property Data No. 126 Location : 467-10,
Hwangji-dong. Taebaek-si The age built of this temple
is not conveyed in record however to see the piece
of rooftile as was discovered in the temple site
it seems to be a temple built at end period of Kingdom
Shilla and the Bonjeok Temple is introduced by authentic
record of King Injo (1684 AD) and Cheokju Journal
(1622 AD) and it seems to be ruined by 300 years
or more ago as regarding to the record as "Bonjeok
Temple was in the west of the village at the King
at the King Sookjing era (the period of his reign
was 1679-1719 AD) however, it was vanished away
now and the stone pagoda only remains "Samcheok-gun
Journal published in 1916.
