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WONDERS OF NATURE
Diamond mountains. Nature miracle
In every country there are places that are especially dear to the hearts of its inhabitants. For a Japanese it is Fujiyama, for an Armenian it is Lake Sevan, for an American it is Niagara, for a Russian it is the Volga. There is such a corner in distant Korea - a small, but unusually rich in picturesque landscapes peninsula in the Far East. No wonder the Koreans gave their land the poetic name Joseon - "Land of the Morning Calm". There are dozens of places in this region, glorified by artists and poets, attracting like a magnet hundreds and thousands of people who want to enjoy the beauty of their native land. This is the highest peak of Korea - the active Pektusan volcano, and the sparkling Pearl Falls, and the Moranbang National Park, and sometimes just a beautiful island off the coast or a mountain lake. But the most beautiful corner of Joseon is considered to be the Diamond Mountains. In Korean, they are called Geumsangan, but more often they are called in an oriental ornate and poetic way - "Twelve thousand diamond peaks." And they add at the same time: "If you haven't seen Kymsangan, don't talk about the beauty of the mountains." This mountainous region is located in the east of the peninsula, closer to the Sea of Japan, and even today it remains a little-developed, inaccessible region.
Geumsangan is a picturesque conglomeration of thousands of mountain ridges, battlements and peaks of the most outlandish appearance. The slopes of the ridges are cut by steep-walled gorges, through which turbulent streams of cold clear water rush. From the side crevices, rivers and streams break into the valleys with dozens of noisy waterfalls. Along the rivers and on the slopes dense forests of Korean pines and cedars, oak, maple and Manchurian walnut rise. Their trunks and branches wrap around, like lianas, whips of wild grapes. In sunny weather, rocky peaks, rapids foamy streams and cascades in the gorges shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow. Geumsangan is especially good in September-October, when the monsoon rains end, and the foliage of trees, touched by the brush of autumn, adds all shades of yellow and red to the green of pines and cedars. The nature of the Diamond Mountains has inspired more than one generation of artists and poets. The bizarre shape of the rocks and peaks, the play of waterfall jets and the multicolored autumn colors of the forest seemed to suggest plots for legends and stories. No wonder many places here have fabulous, poetic names: Manmulsan rocks ("Ten Thousand Wonders"), Samilpo Lake ("Three Days Lake"), Kurenpo Waterfall ("Nine Dragons"), Kwimenam Rock ("Devil's Mask"), Chinzhudam waterfall ("Flowing Pearls") and others. Most of the legends and fairy tales are about the highest mountain Kymsangan, which gave the name to the entire mountainous country. This "Korean Olympus" covered with legends, according to our concepts, is low, only 1700 meters. But for Korea, where even the local Everest - the Pektusan volcano - barely exceeds 2700 meters, this is a significant peak. One of the legends says that one day after the rain, the divine fairies admired Geumsangan from the clouds. It seemed to them that the mountain on earth overshadowed their heavenly possessions with its beauty, and they decided to move to people. Throwing a rainbow bridge to the top of Kymsangan, the celestials descended along it to the ground. They brought the people of Korea the ability to compose songs and poems, endowed them with the ability to dance gracefully and taught them the grace of manners. People adopted from the fairies the habit of dressing in bright rainbow-colored clothes and fell in love with their native land more than the sky and the sun. Since then, all Koreans are convinced that there is no country in the world more beautiful than their Joseon... Koreans also tell a lot of legends about the picturesque valley of the Kurenchhen River (“River of the Nine Dragons”) and its famous waterfalls. The valley of this river, cut deep into the granite rocks, in places looks like a smoothly polished chute, along which you can only walk carefully stepping on steps carved into the rock and holding on to the railing. Sometimes the gorge narrows, and its walls become sheer. The entire bottom of the valley is littered with boulders, huge debris that fell from the cliffs, making its way between them, Kurenchhen flows in a crystal clear cascade. Its water now sparkles and sparkles in the rapids, then, lingering in the creeks, suddenly acquires an emerald green hue. In the upper part of the valley there is a glacial cirque, from which the river falls down a hundred-meter waterfall. Further, it forms a chain of eight lakes, interconnected by new waterfalls, though not as high as the upper one. An ancient legend tells that nine dragon brothers once lived in a lake high in the mountains. One morning, a poorly dressed traveler came up to the lake and asked the brothers something. But the dragons didn't even talk to the poor man. They did not know that in front of them was the great Buddha himself. The Buddha became angry, wrote the word "fire" on a paper scroll and threw the scroll into the lake. The water burst into flames. In horror, the dragons rushed to run. Overtaken by fire, they fell from high mountains into gorges, fell and got up again, but the flame burned them and drove them further, forcing them to make crazy jumps. Where the dragon brothers fell, waterfalls arose, and where the elder brother collapsed, the largest, hundred-meter-long Kurenpo waterfall rumbles. The worship of the Diamond Mountains has an ancient history. Many centuries ago, giant images of Buddha, figures of dragons, tigers and fabulous birds were carved on the rocks in the depths of mountain gorges. And to this day "the folk trail does not overgrow" to them. But there are also quite unusual places for worship. Thus, the sacred rock of Lyandande opens up to a secluded forest glade, huge, flat and smooth, as if with a polished edge. They say that all bad deeds and intentions are reflected on it. And if you stand alone in front of the Lyandande rock, you will feel all your shortcomings, and anger and envy will leave your heart forever... On the shore of the Lake of Three Days there are four large stones, on which, according to legend, four fairies who descended from heaven sat. Just for one day, the Ruler of Heaven let them go to earth. But, admiring the beautiful lake, the heavenly guests stayed here for three whole days. And the Heavenly Lord did not punish them for this - he realized that even his formidable will was powerless before beauty. Girls who visit Geumsangan are always eager to take a dip or at least wash their faces in the water of the lakes where the fairies bathed. It is believed that heavenly beauty will descend on the face that their magical moisture has touched. By the way, the water in the mountain lakes is really beneficial, as there are many healing mineral springs in the Diamond Mountains. The nature of Kymsangan amazes with a combination of northern plants and animals familiar to us with exotic, southern ones. Oak, pine and cedar, lacquer and camellia, maple and chestnut, bamboo and grapes form here a unique combination of shapes and colors of the living world. And next to the tracks of a bear and a roe deer, you can find the paw prints of a mighty tiger or a winding track of a two-meter snake crossing the path. Lynx and deer, leopard and Himalayan bear often coexist here in the same valley. Framed by fantastic shapes of rocks eroded by winds and rains and numerous waterfall cascades, all this splendor of flora and fauna appears in a particularly fabulous guise. Climbing passes and mountain ranges, crossing deep shady gorges and rivers sparkling with waterfalls along fragile bamboo bridges, the traveler will sooner or later come to the coast. The Sea of Japan, picturesque along any of its shores, both Japanese and Russian, reserved especially rare coastal landscapes for Korea. There are few places in the world where the sea and land coexist in such a whimsical interweaving. Perhaps only the Norwegian fjords and the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic can compete in beauty with the Korean coast. The giant cliffs take on the blows of the sea waves and easily throw them back, shaking off the salt spray. A scattering of small rocky islands runs far into the sea, like a flotilla of granite ships crowned with bizarre silhouettes of umbrella pines, and above all this, in the depths of the peninsula, ridges shrouded in blue haze with jagged peaks rise. This is the Sea Geumsangan - a meeting place of rocky strongholds, dressed in a fabulous forest, with the boundless elements of the sea. Author: B.Wagner
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