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©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Gyeongsangbuk-do Why Go? Daegu ........................... 144 Korea’s cultural warehouse, Gyeongsangbuk-do (경상북도) Gyeongju ...................... 154 is a region resplendent both in natural beauty and heritage Pohang ..........................165 sites, including many fascinating temples, ancient pagodas, Ulleungdo ..................... 168 rock-carved Buddhas and tombs. Gyeongju is often called Andong ..........................172 ‘the museum without walls’ for its historical treasures, many of which are outdoors. The oddly symmetrical tumuli Hahoe Folk Village .........175 (burial mounds) in the centre of town are serene pyramids – Cheongnyangsan stately reminders of the dead they still honour. Provincial Park ..............175 The region’s major city, Daegu, is a sprawling place with Juwangsan an excellent medicinal herb market, a downtown drenched National Park.................176 in neon and superb restaurants. Elsewhere, don’t miss Haein-sa, a must-see temple-library amid gorgeous moun- tain scenery that contains the Tripitaka Koreana, 1000-year- old wooden tablets inscribed with sacred Buddhist texts and Best Places to ingeniously preserved in a building so ahead of its time that Stay modern science hasn’t improved it. Off the coast is the rug- » Taegu Grand Hotel (p146) ged island of Ulleungdo, with seemingly endless opportuni- ties to enjoy spectacular coastal landscapes. » Sarangchae (p160) » Nahbi Guest House (p160) » Rak Ko Jae Hahoe (p175) When to Go » Design Motel A2 (p166) Daegu °C/°F Temp Rainfall inches/mm 40/104 16/400 30/86 Best Places to Eat 12/300 » Bulgogi Myeongya (p162) 20/68 10/50 8/200 » Gaejeung (p148) 0/32 » Kisoya (p162) 4/100 -10/14 » Dijon (p148) -20/-4 0 » 99 Sikdang (p171) J F DNOSAJJMAM Apr–Jun Lovely Mid-Aug Catch Late Sep–early temperatures Ulleungdo’s squid Oct Andong’s and low humidity; festival and enjoy Mask Dance Fes- a great time to delicious seafood tival, a highlight travel here. in a unique island of the Korean arts setting. calendar. File 14-gyeongsangbuk-do-kor9.dwg Book Korea 9 Initial Mapping jacquelinen Date 27.08.12 Road Scale All key roads labelled? Hierarchy Date Title Hydro Chapter Gyeongsangbuk Editor Cxns jacquelinen 21/9/12 Spot colours removed? Hierarchy Nthpt Masking in Illustrator done? Symbols 144 Author Tom Masters MC Cxns Date Book Inset/enlargement correct? Off map Notes dest'ns HistoryBorder Key Author Cxns Date AtBasefile thekor 8 centre of South Korea,Final Ed Cxnsthis area DaeguDate 대구KEY FORMAT SETTINGS Number of Rows (Lines) wasNew References once the capital of the Shilla empire %053 / POP 2.45 MILLION Editor Check Date (57 BC–AD 935), and as such was a central South Korea’s fourth largest city is a pleas- part of Korean government andMC Check trade. Dur- ant andDate progressiveColumn Widths place and Margins with a fascinat- ing this almost 1000-year-long empire, the ing traditional-medicine market, some MC/CC Signoff Date Shilla rulers created alliances with China to excellent eating options and a humming defeat Japanese threats, as well as to repel downtown that’s good fun to explore. The other Korean invaders. During this time city is a popular place for exchange students Confucian laws were widely adopted and in- and English teachers, and the large student formed all aspects of Korean life, including population gives Daegu a young and care- who, where and when a person could marry. free feel. Taebaek GANGWON-DO Minssimyo Deokgu Eungbongsan Hot Springs Chungjuho (999m) Sobaeksan Buseok-sa Uljin Chungju National Park Yongso Bongwha Pokpo Seongnyugul Bulyeong Valley CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO Punggi Cheongnyangsan Bulyeong-sa Provincial Park Yeongju Gwanchang Pokpo Dosan Woraksan Cheongyangsan Gusan G National Seowon Changinbong Y Songnisan Park (870m) Pyeonghae e National Bongjeong-sa Cheongnyang-sa Hupo ( S e a o f J a p a n ) ongsang Park 35 E A S T Mungyeon Andong Andongho Hanji Andong Hahoe Hahoe Mask Folk Village Museum S E A b Sangju Imhaho Yeongdeok U k-d Cheongsong Juwangsan Uiseong National Park O DAEGU To Daejeon (30km); Bogyeong-sa Seoul (170km) To Ulleungdo Naeyeonsan (930m) Yeongdong Gimcheon Jikji-sa Gumi Palgongsan Geumosan Provincial Provincial Park Oksan Pohang Homigot Park 1 Seowon Lighthouse Yeongcheon Yangdong Folk Village Daegu Gyeongju National Park Gyeongju Gayasan Haein-sa Daebon National Gochang Bulguk-sa Park Sea Tomb of 9 7 King Munmu 0 20 km Gajisan 0 10 miles Provincial 8 GYEONGSANGNAM-DO Park Ulsan Gyeongsangbuk-do Highlights 1 See and smell the the Buddhist sutras at the stunning scenery and great fascinating medicinal herb temple Haein-sa (p152) seafood of Ulleungdo (p168) market (p145) in Daegu 3 Slip back into the Shilla 5 Admire centuries- before partaking of great era in Gyeongju (p154), the old architecture and an eating in the city’s downtown ‘museum without walls’ unchanged way of life in 2 Marvel at the 80,000- 4 Walk along the rocky Hahoe Folk Village (p175) plus wooden tablets of coastline and enjoy the .