Samseonggung Shrine
삼성궁
A training ground deep in Jirisan dedicated to the sacred figures Hwanin, Hwanung and Dangun, where more than a thousand stone cairns and walls create a fantastical hidden world.
Samseonggung lies in Cheonghak-dong, Cheongam-myeon, Hadong-gun. It is a training ground dedicated to three sacred figures, including Dangun, the legendary ancestor of the Korean people. Since the 1980s, practitioners have built more than a thousand stone cairns, stone walls and lotus ponds from mountain rocks, and the whole valley feels like another world. Visiting requires about an hour's walk along a stone path, and some steps are steep. Nearby, Cheonghak-dong still preserves a traditional seodang (Confucian study-hall) village, where residents wear straw hats and keep their hair long. Admission is about 8,000 won, and it is about 40 minutes by car from Ssangyesa Temple along winding mountain roads.
Opening hours
About 08:30–17:30
Nearby sights
- Ssanggyesa Temple
- Choi Champan House
- Hwagae Market & Cherry Blossom Road
- Cheonwangbong Peak
- Piagol Valley
- Baemsagol Valley
- Nogodan Peak
- Silsangsa Temple