Why this ride
From Neietsu it runs 196 km to Neietsu; allow about 4 h 15 of riding. It goes by way of Buseoksa Temple, Dosan-seowon and back through Buseoksa Temple. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Jangneung Cluster and Dosan-seowon
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 196 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 15
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Jangneung Cluster
Danjong was a boy of twelve when he became king, fourteen when he was forced off the throne, and sixteen when he died in exile, and the place where they buried him is Jangneung. In 1455 his uncle, later King Sejo, seized power, and two years later the boy was sent to Yeongwol, a remote valley in the mountains of Gangwon province, surrounded on three sides by river and on the fourth by cliffs. He died there in 1457, reportedly by poison and local tradition says a village official buried him secretly at night. His tomb was only restored to royal rank in 1698, centuries later, when a later king gave him the name Danjong.
Read the complete Jangneung Cluster write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Jangneung Cluster is where the day begins. Next is Buseoksa Temple.
2. Buseoksa Temple
The name Buseoksa means temple of the floating stone, and the legend behind it involves a monk, a princess and a dragon. When the monk Uisang founded the temple in 676, after returning from studies in China, a young woman named Seonmyo who had fallen in love with him there is said to have followed him in the form of a dragon, and when local bandits opposed the new temple she lifted a huge rock into the air to frighten them off. A large boulder behind the main hall is still pointed out as the floating stone, and you will be told that a thread can be passed beneath it.
Read the complete Buseoksa Temple write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Buseoksa Temple comes up about 46 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dosan-seowon.
3. Dosan-seowon
If you have handled a Korean thousand-won note, you have already seen Dosan Seowon. The building on the back of the note is this Confucian academy, and the scholar on the front is Yi Hwang, known by his pen name Toegye, one of the most influential Neo-Confucian thinkers of Korea. He set up a small study hall here in the sixteenth century, on a quiet slope above the Nakdong river, and after his death in 1570 his disciples expanded it into a full academy, a seowon, where students came to study the classics and honour his memory. It is one of the nine Korean Confucian academies listed by UNESCO in 2019.
Read the complete Dosan-seowon write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 98 km into the recorded legs you reach Dosan-seowon. Next is back through Buseoksa Temple.
4. back through Buseoksa Temple
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Buseoksa Temple write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Buseoksa Temple, late in the day. Next is Jangneung Cluster.
5. Jangneung Cluster
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Jangneung Cluster write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Jangneung Cluster. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Jangneung Cluster to Buseoksa Temple
Jangneung Cluster → Buseoksa Temple is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Buseoksa Temple to Dosan-seowon
Buseoksa Temple → Dosan-seowon is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dosan-seowon to back through Buseoksa Temple
Dosan-seowon → back through Buseoksa Temple is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Buseoksa Temple to Jangneung Cluster
back through Buseoksa Temple → Jangneung Cluster is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.