Cheonjedan
This oval stone structure on the crest of Mt. Taebaeksan 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 every 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.
Name of Cultural Asset | Cheonjedan |
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Designated Number | National Important Folk Material No.228 |
Location | San 80, Sodo-dong and San 87-2, Hyeol-dong |
Scale and Size | 27.5-meter-round, 2.4-meter-high |
Designated Date | October 23, 1991 |
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.
Name of Cultural Asset | Woldungul Cave |
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Designated Number | Provincial Monument ≫58 |
Location | San 117, Won-dong |
Scale and Size | Cylindrical Vertical Cave |
Designated Date | November 9, 1986 |
Mt. TaebaeksanSeokjangseung(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 Buddhist image. In 1987, Taebaek 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
Name of Cultural Asset | Mt. TaebaeksanSeokjangseung |
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Designated Number | Provincial Folk Material ≫ 4 |
Location | 192, Sodo-dong |
Scale and Size | Jiha Daejanggun (170 meters high, 130 cm around) Jihayejanggun (155 meters high and 135 cm around) |
Designated Date | March 9, 1995 |
Three-Story Stone Pagoda at Bonjeoksa
Tree-story stone pagoda material at Bonjeoksa 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 Bonjeoksa 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 Sookjong 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.
The stone pagoda is presumed to be built during the time from end of unified Kingdom Shilla to early days of Kingdom Koryo as it is comparably well suceeded style of Shilla stone pagoda from collected stone pagoda material and the piece of material remained at present as it is not complete however restoration to the original form will be possible and is very important data in consideration of the Buddhist cultural jspects in Taebaek area.
The stone pagoda is presumed to be built during the time from end of unified Kingdom Shilla to early days of Kingdom Koryo as it is comparably well suceeded style of Shilla stone pagoda from collected stone pagoda material and the piece of material remained at present as it is not complete however restoration to the original form will be possible and is very important data in consideration of the Buddhist cultural jspects in Taebaek area.
Name of Cultural Asset | Three-Story Stone Pagoda at Bonjeoksa |
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Designated Number | Provincial Folk Material ≫ 126 |
Location | 467-10, Hwangji-dong |
Designated Date | January 22, 2000 |
Coal preparation plant of Cheoram 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.
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.
Name of the Cultural Treasure | Coal selection facilities in Front of The Chueolam Station |
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Designated Number | The 21st major folk materials designated by the nation |
Location | 361-1 Cheolamdong (13,471㎡) |
Designated Date | 2002. 5. 27 |
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 |