Busan 119 Safety Experience Center is a comprehensive urban safety experience center designed to prevent safety accidents that can occur in daily life and to enhance the ability to respond during disasters by providing experience and education on various types of disasters. The center consists of one basement floor and three above-ground floors, operating 11 experience courses and 33 exhibition rooms. It runs various learning and experience halls such as a safety awareness learning hall for preschool children, safe electricity use methods, disaster response methods in urban life, and safety accident response methods in daily life, promoting safety awareness among citizens.
Hurshimchung is a large-scale hot spring facility using natural hot spring water and lit by natural lighting through the ceiling. Known for its magnesium-rich hot spring water, it is believed to be beneficial for conditions such as neuralgia, cut wounds, back pain, and muscle aches. The facility includes large hot spring baths, saunas, restaurants, cafés, convenience stores, and massage shops. The hot spring baths feature various event baths using natural bathing ingredients and medicinal herb depending on the season. There are also various types of saunas, including charcoal sauna and red clay sauna.
This place was originally created by a Japanese merchant who made part of the Geumjeong Mountain foothills his private garden, and after liberation, it was designated as a park and named 'Geumgang Park.' The name 'Geumgang' comes from the mountain Geumjeong being so beautiful it was called 'So Geumgang,' meaning 'Little Geumgang,' referencing the famous Geumgang Mountain. Located in the city center, it is a park bustling with visitors throughout all four seasons and loved as a resting place anyone can enjoy. The park contains various cultural facilities including the Busan Folk Arts Hall, opened in September 1974 to discover, inherit, and promote the traditional folk arts of the Dongnae area, and the Busan Maritime Natural History Museum, Korea's first museum specializing in world maritime natural history. The Geumgang Park Cable Car is also a must-see attraction. Built in 1966, the cable car has operated for a long time, preserving its old red and yellow vintage appearance. Additionally, the park features sports facilities, the Imjin Dongnae Cemetery designated as Local Cultural Property Monument No. 13, and seven memorial monuments.
The Onjeong Reconstruction Monument was erected in 1766 (the 42nd year of King Yeongjo) to commemorate the achievements of Dongnaebu magistrate Gang Pil-ri, who extensively repaired and rebuilt Onjeong (hot springs). The inscription was written by Song Gwang-jeok. The monument, made of granite, is 144 cm high and 61 cm wide, composed of the main stone and pedestal without a separate capstone, and a stone basin remains in front of it. The earliest record of Dongnae Hot Springs appears in the Samguk Yusa, which tells that the Silla prime minister Chungwon-gong bathed here before leaving. The Sinjeung Dongguk Yeoji Seungnam records that the hot spring water was hot enough to boil eggs and that patients who bathed here recovered well, attracting multiple visits from Silla kings. According to the inscription, two stone baths were made in 1691 (the 17th year of King Sukjong); later, after the buildings decayed and the baths were blocked, Dongnaebu magistrate Gang Pil-ri repaired and rebuilt them, constructing a nine-room building separating male and female baths, described as refreshingly splendid and like a pheasant in flight. The current site where the monument stands was used until the 1960s by Busan City to pump hot spring water and retains the Yonggak shrine dedicated to the Dragon King, where an ancestral rite is held annually on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month.
Heoshimcheong is a new type of urban hot spring health land pursuing health improvement through comfortable and enjoyable hot spring bathing, rest, and physical training, born in October 1991 as part of Busan city center redevelopment. Heoshimcheong's hot spring bath covers a total area of 4,297.54m², making it the largest hot spring facility in the East capable of accommodating 3,000 people simultaneously. The large hot spring bath features over 40 types of therapeutic baths including Jangsu Bath, Hoemok Bath, Cheongja Bath, Cave Bath, and Open-air Bath, and operates event baths with different natural ingredients and herbal medicines depending on the season. There are various bathing courses freely usable according to individual constitution and age. It offers a vast large hot spring bath with open space, a ceiling allowing natural light, and a beautiful interior with artistic sculptural beauty, providing a unique relaxation experience only found at Heoshimcheong, where families can also enjoy comfortable rest in the jjimjilbang and ancillary facilities.
Geumgangsa Temple is a Buddhist temple that practices the Vajra Prajna spirit of Mahayana Buddhism, founded in 1951 by Wolmyeong Beopsa. Later, Ilbung Gyeongbo Daejongsa undertook a retreat here, and it became a place for scripture translation, missionary work, apprenticeship, international Buddhist missions, educational training, and propagation. Since 1964, Gae-san Hweseong Seonsa has succeeded the temple and continued its restoration work, making it known worldwide as a fundamental base for international Buddhist missions. Geumgangsa Temple is located on a prime site on the southern foothills of Geumjeongsan Mountain and is also the practice site of Bisangbiya, where many eminent monks have lived in seclusion. The temple is famous for its beautiful surrounding environment. Entering through the Iljumun Gate, one finds dense old pine trees and the scent of pine forests. There is also the Chabatgol culture, where contemporary culture coexists, allowing citizens to relax while enjoying a cup of tea in a charming temple atmosphere.
