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Daegu
Metropolitan City
and neighboring cities have a number of major tourist
attractions representing Korean cultural and historical
heritage.
Palgong-san Mountain, located at the northern part
of Daegu, attracts millions of tourists each year
with Donghwa-sa Temple, Gatbawi (Stone Buddha on
the mountain peak), and other Buddhist temples.
Additionally, within the city are Duryu Park and
Woobang Tower Land, Yangnyeong-si (traditional herbal
medicine market), Seomun Market, Dongseong-no (the
downtown area), Deuran-gil (street for dining),
and other parks and entertainment areas, all of
which contribute to the special character of the
real Daegu.
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| Gyeongju
City, the ancient
capital of the Silla Dynasty (BC 57-AD 935), is
within an hour's drive to the east of Daegu. With
the glorious history of the Silla Dynasty, this
city is full of cultural assets well worth seeing,
from delicate gold crowns and earrings to the splendid
Seokgul-am Grotto and Bulguk-sa Temple, which have
been designated as World Cultural Assets by UNESCO. |
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Andong
City, the hometown
of Korean Confucianism, is also easily accessible
within an hour's drive to the north. The famous
Dosan-seowon Confucian Academy, founded by the great
Confucian scholar Toegye Lee Hwang of the Choseon
Dynasty, and the rustic Hahoe Folk Village were
both highly praised by Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ of the
United Kingdom during her state visit in 1999. |
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| Haeinsa
Temple, located at Mt. Gaya-san in Hapcheon-gun,
Gyeongnam Province, is second to none as a place
for the understanding of Korean Buddhism. It takes
only one and a half hours to reach the ancient monastery
by car. The sacred precincts encompass more than
50 buildings. The crown jewel of Haein-sa is the
world-renowned Tripitaka Koreana, the collection
of Buddhist scriptures carved on more than 80,000
wooden printing blocks, which has been preserved
for centuries and is housed in the main structure
of this temple. |
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