Bukhan Mountain
Bukhansan is the highest mountain within Seoul city boundaries. Apart from Bukhansan, there are seven other mountains including Dobongsan and Suraksan that are over 600 metres high within the city.
Popular throughout the year, Bukhansan, and Bukhansan National Park, which was formed in 1983, are renowned for birdwatching, hiking and rockclimbing. Bukhansan attracts a large number of hikers; around 5 million per year.
Name
Since 2002 there has been a movement to revert the name of Bukhansan to Samgaksan. For many years up until now, the three main peaks of the park have collectively been called "Bukhansan"; however, the original collective name of these three peaks was Samgaksan, meaning "three-horned mountain." The head of the Gangbuk-gu District Office in Seoul is leading a petition to have the central government change the name back to the original.
Gallery
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A shrine in Bukhansan
Films and literature
Daum webtoon manhwa PEAK by author Hong Sun-soo and artist Im Gak-hyuck is a fictional work based on the mountain rescue team working in this mountain.
References
- ^ "Bukhansan National Park (Dobong) (북한산국립공원(도봉 지구))". Korea Tourism Organization. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Best Hiking Mountains in Seoul". Visit Korea. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "Introduction to Bukhansan". Korea National Park Service. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ Park, Jin-woo (박진우) (2007-06-14). "북한산, 본래 이름 '삼각산' 되찾아야". Sports Hankook. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- ^ "PEAK".
External links
- Seoul Hiking Tourism Center(Bukhansan), 2023
- Bukhansan Hiking Club, 2014
- Best Hiking Mountains in Seoul by Visit Korea Archived 2012-01-23 at the Wayback Machine, 2012
- Bukhansan National Park (북한산국립공원) by Visit Korea Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, 2012
See also
Media related to Bukhansan at Wikimedia Commons
- Bukhansanseong
- National parks of South Korea