KOREA ON CUE · ISSUE 19 · EUNPYEONG

Eunpyeong: a hanok village and a temple at the foot of Bukhansan

In north-west Seoul, Eunpyeong sits right below the rocky ridges of Bukhansan. A museum explains the old road north and how a hanok is built, a newer hanok village lines the slope, and Jingwansa Temple sits up the valley.

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Maya seen three-quarter from behind on the raised edge of a temple courtyard on a clear late-autumn afternoon, her camera lowered to her waist, smiling quietly as she looks past layers of dark grey tiled roofs and wooded slopes to a pale granite ridge. Editorial image.

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  1. From the view on the observatory to the foot of the mountain: Maya takes the bus alone to Eunpyeong Hanok Village and Jingwansa Temple — Bus 7211 or 701 from Yeonsinnae Station to the Hana High School stop — learning about hanok at Eunpyeong History Hanok Museum, framing Bukhansan above the village roofs and walking from the One Pillar Gate of Jingwansa Temple up to its main hall01From the view on the observatory to the foot of the mountain: Maya takes the bus alone to Eunpyeong Hanok Village and Jingwansa TempleOf all the mountains Rina named for her at the Dream Forest observatory, the one that stayed with Maya longest was Bukhansan.SEOUL · 24 min read

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