Mountain · South Chungcheong
Deoksungsan(sudeoksan)
덕숭산(수덕산)
Deoksungsan (495.2 m), Yesan: the Diamond Mountains of Hoseo, with Sudeoksa’s ancient main hall and hot springs nearby.
Place details
- Region
- South Chungcheong
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 예산군
- Summit height
- 495.2 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 98
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Deoksungsan(sudeoksan)
Deoksungsan, also called Sudeoksan, in Yesan is known as the Diamond Mountains of Hoseo and has been a provincial park since 1973. Small but strong, it is a link in the Geumbuk ridge.
Sudeoksa at its foot has one of Korea’s oldest wooden buildings, its main hall, a national treasure, along with the Mangong stupa and several hermitages. The Deoksan hot springs nearby make it an easy family day out.
Legend links the name to the scholars who trained and died here, and to the tale of the youth Sudeok and the maiden Deoksung.
Through the seasons
- Spring
- Cherry blossom at Sudeoksa
- Summer
- Crape myrtle in the temple
- Autumn
- Colour against the rocks
- Winter
- Snow on the main hall
Worth seeing
- Sudeoksa main hall 수덕사 대웅전One of Korea’s oldest wooden buildings.
- Mangong stupa 만공탑A modern stupa for the monk Mangong, 1947.
Where the main trail starts
Sudeoksa car park 수덕사 주차장
A main route in the Forest Service guide begins here. Search the Korean name to plan your bus or taxi to the entrance.
Written from the Korea Forest Service guide 꼭 한번 가 볼 우리 100대 명산, p. 98.