Trekking Gyeryongsan with my Malay and Chinese friends

Located in the middle of Geojedo island, the height of this mountain is 566m above sea level. At the top of the mountain is a place called Uisangdae, which was supposed to be a site of temple built by Monk Uisang. Also in the mountain are Bulimunbawi(gate rock), Janggunbawi(general rock), Geobukbawi(turtle rock), Janggipanbawi(chess board rock). Also, the wreck of communication tower for the P.O.W. Camp used during the Korean War remains.

This mountain is called Gyeryongsan because its peak looks like a chicken head and its tail looks like a dragon. It seems that nine tails are rooted in Gucheon Valley. This deep valley in the mountain is called Guryongho(pond) or Gucheon Valley. Gucheon Dam was completed on November 21, 1987. At the Geoje side of the mountain top, Uisangdae is located under the rocks. The rocks surround the temple site of about 150 m2 like a screen. It is said that Uisang, who was the founder of Hwaeom sect of Buddhism during Silla period, built a small temple and led an ascetic life. When you climb down from the temple site toward Gohyeon, there is a house site at the eight tenths of the ridge. It is said that there used to be a temple here, but its origin is not known. In between the rocks on the way to the summit is a rock called Janggipanbawi meaning chess board rock. A legend says that hermits with supernatural powers played here. When you pass Bulimun, flat areas filled with eulalias and turnip fields appear. A legend says that a hermit called Kae-ak planted turnips and lived here. Behind is a rock looking like a turtle leaping toward the sky. And there is a mountain trail called Yongsanjae, which leads from Geoje-myeon to Gohyeon. It is called Geosanjae now. Above the top of Eumdalbawi are the remains of UN communication center used for the surveillance of prisoners of war during the Korean War. Mt. Gyeryongsan is one of the major mountains in Geoje and it is considered one of ten most beautiful places in Korea. In a book called Jeonggamnok, it is said that Mt. Gyeryongsan will save a million people. During the Korea War, 100,000 residents, 200,000 refugees, and 170,000 prisoners of war took refuge under this mountain. After that, this mountain is considered as the mountain described in Jeonggamnok .