Mureung Valley (무릉계곡), which spans from Mt. Dutasan (두타산) and Mt.
Cheongoksan (청옥산), refers to a four-kilometer stretch from Hoamso Pond – where,
according to a legend, a tiger drowned to death – to Yongchu Falls, located
upstream. The waters of Mureung Valley flow over wide sheets of rocks and into
the cracks between them, forming a large and particularly splendid pond along
the path. Starting at Mureung Rock, a wide sheet of single rock on which
hundreds can sit, the valley twists and turns around Samhwasa Temple, Haksodae
Falls, Okryudong, and Seonnyeotang Ravine, all the way to Ssangpok and Yongchu
Falls, providing breathtaking scenery along the way. Also known as ‘Arcadia,’
scholars and poets frequented the valley in olden times and the 5,000-m2
Mureung Rock bears the inscribed names of some of these poets and their works.
The valley offers a medley of curious-looking rocks and stones, and other odd
scenery that attract so many tourists
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