Recommended top 10 places to visit in Gumi
We have recommended the top 10 places to visit in Gumi so that those who visit Gumi, an industrial city in Gyeongsangbuk-do, can save time. Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, grew from Gumi-eup in Seonsan-gun to Gumi-si when the Gumi Industrial Complex was created during President Park Chung-hee’s administration. Gumi City is one of the top 10 places to visit in Gumi, including Geumosan Mountain, Gumi Industrial Complex, and Dorisa Temple.
1. Geumosan Cable Car
Location: 419 Geumosan-ro, Gumi-si
This is number 1 among the top 10 places to visit in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do. There is a legend that Geumosan Mountain was named Geumosan Mountain by Kim Si-seup, a prodigy from the Joseon Dynasty who abandoned his government job and came down to Geumosan Mountain.
As it is the hometown of President Park Chung-hee, a cable car was installed in the 1970s. When President Park Chung-hee arrived at the bottom of the waterfall by riding a cable car, he saw a piece of a bottle and gave it to him. He felt that a national spirit movement was needed, and it is said that he came up with the Saemaeul Movement.
It’s great all year round, but especially in the summer, if you ride the cable car and get hit by the water drops bouncing under the Songbird Falls, you won’t notice the heat.
2. Doseonggul Cave
Location: Take the Geumosan cable car in Gumi-si…
After descending from Geumosan Mountain cable car, follow the signs leading to Doseonggul Cave from Myeonggeum Falls and climb up the rope of large rocks for a short distance.
It is said that State Preceptor Doseon, the first person to introduce Feng Shui theory in Korea, realized the Tao in Doseon Cave, a natural cave.
It is said that there is a fairly large cave in the middle of the rock and it is said to be Daejeon. If you look towards the Gumi City Industrial Complex from here, anyone can see the road.
I feel like I’m about to wake up.
3. Geumosan Chaemijeong
Location: 366 Geumosan-ro, Gumi-si
Designated as a monument in Gyeongsangbuk-do, it was built in the 44th year of King Yeongjo’s reign (1768) in the Joseon Dynasty to commemorate the loyalty and academic virtue of Yaeun Giljae, a scholar from the late Goryeo Dynasty. It is a three-room pavilion in the center with no walls and only 16 columns on the front and three on the sides. Create one room and put floors on all sides
Surrounded by it. It is a scenic spot with excellent scenery, with a clear stream flowing in front, a mountain stream, and trees.
4. Geumo Land
Location: 341 Geumosan-ro, Gumi-si
This is an amusement park located at the entrance of Geumosan Mountain in Gumi-si. This is an amusement park where you can play in the water in the summer and go sledding in the winter.
5. Geumodang
Location: 6 Seongiro 2-gil, Gumi-si
This is Geumo-dang, which uses the same name as Geumosan Mountain. The cafe atmosphere is nice and clean.
6. Birthplace of President Park Chung-hee
Location: 107 Parkjeonghui-ro, Gumi-si
Gumi City used to belong to Seonsan-gun, but moved to its current location in Sangmo-dong in 1914. This house is a 15-pyeong thatched-roof house built around 1900 and is a typical Nongcheon house. There is also a sarangchae in this house where the president who achieved modernization in Korea in the 1960s and 1970s was born.
7. Dongrak Park
Location: 191, 3 Gongdan 1-ro, Gumi-si
A waterfront urban park with an area of 102,305 pyeong that stretches from Imsu-dong under Gumi Bridge along the Nakdong River in Gumi City to Jungri, Seokjeok-eup, Chilgok-gun.
no see. The world’s first electronic new bell has been installed, a 9,345m walking path, a 49,213 pyeong wide lawn, a folk garden, and various sports facilities.
8. Okseong Natural Recreation Forest
Location: 150 Hyoyanglim-gil, Okseong-myeon, Gumi-si
Okseong Natural Recreation Forest is a new tourist resource in Gumi with a clear and clean natural landscape with history and tradition that is good for people.
You can enjoy waterside tech, camping tech, and forest bathing in a forest house made of red clay, as well as a large reservoir.
9. Silla Buddhism Chojeonji
Location: 389-48 Dogae-dago-gil, Dogae-myeon, Gumi-si
Silla Buddhism was first introduced there, and you can see the footsteps of Adohwasang. There is also a traditional Hanok accommodation building, so there are accommodations, a food experience center, and an education center. Among the Seonsan region, Chojeonji of Silla Buddhism is where Morye’s house was located where Dogae and Ado were hiding.
10. Dorisa Temple
Location: 526 Dorisa-ro, Haepyeong-myeon, Gumi-si
Dorisa Temple is the birthplace of Buddhism, first established by Adohwasang, who founded Jeondeungsa Temple in Ganghwa Island, in the 11th year of King Sosurim’s reign in Goguryeo to spread Buddhism to Silla. It is said that one winter, when Adohwasang was staying at the home of Morye’s eldest son and preaching Buddhism, he saw a place where balsam and plum flowers were in full bloom at the foot of Naengsan Mountain, built a temple, and named it Dorisa, which means balsam and plum.