Bronze Jwabul Statue

Seoraksan National Park


On the approach to Sinheung-sa you will pass this huge 10m-tall bronze seated Buddha statue.


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1. Sinheung-sa

0.17 MILES

This temple complex that has stood on this site since AD 652 but has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. At the entrance are the Four Heavenly Kings …

2. Yukdam Pokpo

0.96 MILES

Yukdam Pokpo is a series of six waterfalls and a pond.

4. Biryong Pokpo

1.14 MILES

This long, thin 40m-high waterfall in Seorak-san National Park gushes into a picturesque pool and and is a 2km climb up from the Seoraksan National Park…

5. Gwongeum-seong

1.18 MILES

These remains of a fortress are thought to date to the 13th century. The easiest and quickest way to get here is to take the cable car.

6. Geumganggul

1.28 MILES

This cave hollowed into the rock of Seorak-san offers worthwhile views of the valley. The 23 sq m cave was once used as a place to worship the stone…

7. Heundeul Bawi

1.39 MILES

This massive 16-tonne boulder is balanced on the edge of a rocky ledge and can be rocked to and fro by a small group of people. It’s a lookout on the way…

8. Gyejo-am

1.46 MILES

A hermitage en route to Ulsan Bawi, Gyejo-am is a human-made cave where you can sometimes hear Buddhist monks chanting just before reaching the boulder of…