Regions & prefectures
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North Gyeongsang
A thousand years of the Silla kingdom at Gyeongju, and the home of Korean Confucianism at Andong.
- Capital
- Andong
- Status
- Province
- Region
- Yeongnam (Gyeongsang)
- Must-see
- Bulguksa temple and Seokguram grotto
- Local specialty
- Andong chicken, salted mackerel, Andong soju
Gyeongju was the capital of Silla for nearly a thousand years, from 57 BCE to 935, and keeps its royal tumulus tombs, Bulguksa temple and the Seokguram grotto: the whole city is sometimes called a museum without walls. Andong, further north, remained the bastion of Neo-Confucianism, with Hahoe village and its academies. The province is also the country’s most rural and most electorally conservative.
What to see there
Places, dishes and traditions tied to this territory.
TalchumTraditional Korean mask dance. Satirical performances criticizing society and elites.Hahoe Folk VillageA clan village held in a river bend, continuously inhabited for six centuries.Bulguksa TempleTemple · North Gyeongsang, KoreaSeokguram GrottoTemple · North Gyeongsang, KoreaTumuli ParkLandmark · North Gyeongsang, Korea
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