Manggoksan Yeonin Park망곡산 연인공원

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Walking from Lohas Park past Okgye Village along Course 3 of the Pyeonghwanuri-gil trail, you reach a forest hiking trail that crosses Cheonghwasan and Manggoksan mountains. This section is about 4.5 km long and follows narrow paths over low hills. Manggoksan in particular has a small path called the Path of Contemplation and an octagonal pavilion at the top of its sports park, making it an easy course for leaving everyday worries behind. According to local tradition, the mountain got its name Manggoksan ("mountain of mourning while looking afar") because, when Emperor Gojong and Emperor Sunjong died in the final years of the Joseon era, local Confucian scholars and residents climbed it to look toward the palace in Seoul and wailed in grief over the nation's fading fortunes. Another story says that Yi Yang-so, a loyal official of the late Goryeo period, bowed toward Gaeseong here every day, and that King Taejong of Joseon named the mountain Cheonghwasan to honor him. (Source: Yeoncheon-gun Culture & Tourism website)