After checking several spots on the sea level today, it is time to go up, go up on the Sanbang 山房 mountain. The mountain is 1.200 m in diameter and 395 m in height.
According to one of the theories, this mountain was formed as a result of lava accumulation.
However, I consider the second theory of the mountain origin to be more probable. So, once upon a time, a hunter went deer hunting at Halla mountain (visited before). The hunter was looking wandering around the mountain for a deer but did not find any. Finally, when climbed on the top, he saw a deer and quickly raised his bow, but accidentally touched the Jade Emperor’s butt with his bow (or, according to another variant, he was hit by an arrow). Angry Jade Emperor pulled out the peak of Hallasan and threw it to the west. The peak flew and stuck in the ground becoming Sanbang mountain, and the place where it was dug out became the crater. Evidence in favour of the second theory is that Sanbang mountain has the size and shape of the crater of Halla mountain.
On the mountain, there is Sangbanggul temple.
A legendary life of one woman, from the birth to the death, is tightly wreathed with the mountain.
Once upon a time, a couple lived in a village under Sanbang mountain who were poor but loved each other. The couple had no children, so they have been walking up the mountain every day to pray to get their children. One day on their way home from prayer they found a baby girl on the middle of the mountain. The couple named the child Sanbangdeok 山房德, thinking it was given by the mountain god. Sanbangdeok grew up and became the prettiest girl in the neighbourhood. Later, she married a young man named Goseung and they lived happily until a new district magistrate arrived in the village. The magistrate fell in love with the beauty of the girl and began to seduce her with all kinds of wealth and threats. But she refused him, what provoked him to arrest the husband with murder suspicion to exile him far away. Sanbangdeok was unable to bear this, she went up to Sanbang mountain and started shedding tears, missing her husband who was suffering because of her. After days and days of shedding tears, her body turned into a rock, and water began to drip from the ceiling of the Sanbanggul temple, which is said to be the tears of Sanbangduk 1 2
Nowadays, people who have no children visit this place and pray.
Various statues.
Buoyant flora.
Climbing up to the cave where Sanbangdeok’s tears drop.
And going down. I remember my friend has translated words of a man who visited another attraction nearby, Dragon cliff, – “There is nothing like a dragon”.
It is time to move to the next destination!
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