군위의 동산계곡은 남쪽 끝에 솟은 팔공산의 원시림과 4km에 걸쳐 흐르는 맑은 물이 어우러진 계곡이다. 울창한 숲과 맑고 깨끗한 물, 그리고 곳곳에 작은 폭포들이 시원하고 상쾌한 소리를 만들어낸다. 예로부터 물의 양이 많다고 해서 ‘멱바우’라고 불리고 있으며 크고 작은 여러 개의 폭포가 계곡 따라 이어져 있어 절경을 더하고 있다. 또한 주변에 군위 삼존석굴, 팔공산도립공원 등 둘러볼 만한 곳이 많아서 좋다. 대구에서 팔공산 한티재를 넘어 군위로 들어가는 79번 지방도로는 멋진 드라이브 코스여서 여름철이면 이 동산계곡을 찾는 사람들이 많아지고 있다.
(출처 : 대구 군위군 문화관광)
Built in 1786 (the 10th year of King Jeongjo) to oversee local education and honor sages. In 1868 (the 5th year of King Gojong), all buildings were destroyed due to Heungseon Daewongun's order to abolish seowons. Subsequently, in 1897 (the 1st year of Gwangmu), the lecture hall was rebuilt to its current scale and was restored again in 1989. The Jangpanggak built behind the lecture hall is a historic place that houses woodblocks of Hongno's "Gyeongjae Seonsaeng Silgi (敬齋先生實記)" and "Hwichallyeosa (彙簒麗史)", compiled by the Joseon dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar Hong Yeohwa. (Source: Gunwi-gun Cultural Tourism website)
At the Hantijae Peak of Palgongsan Mountain in Daegu, is the Gunwi Buddha Triad Grotto, referred to as "the 2nd Seokguram Grotto". This grotto, designated as a National Treasure, is a natural cave on a sheer cliff. There is the beautiful Amitabul Buddha, the Bodhisattva of Power and the Bodhisattva of Compassion. The cave is 4.25 meters wide and 4.3 meters long, and is located 20 meters above the ground. This grotto is the progenitor of the Gyeongju Seokgulam Grotto, preceding the construction of Seokguram grotto by 100 years. It has been designated as a world cultural heritage.
The square-shaped ceiling is highest in the middle of the chamber. The Amitabul Buddha sits in the center with the Bodhisattva of Power and the Bodhisattva of Compassion flanking its left and right sides. The main Buddha is very refined and graceful with short hair and a divine smile on its face, sitting with crossed legs in a full-lotus posture.
In Namsan-ri, Bugye-myeon, Gunwi, there is a triad stone cave built by monk Geukdal in the 15th year of Silla King Soji's reign. Designated as a national treasure, the triad stone cave features Amitabha Buddha, Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with gentle postures inside a natural cliff cave. It remained unnoticed by the public until the late 1960s but was discovered by scholars in the early 1970s to have been created more than a century before Gyeongju Seokguram, revealing its origin and cultural value. Founded by monk Geukdal in 493 (the 15th year of King Soji of Silla), the cave has a flat floor and a square shape, with a ceiling that is highest in the center and lowers gradually towards all sides, resembling the sky. Inside the cave are the principal Amitabha Buddha and the two bodhisattvas on the left and right. The principal Buddha is seated in the lotus position with a shaven head and a full, grand, and solemn face. The ears are long, the neck is straight and slender, and the shoulders wearing the robe appear delicate and elegant. The shoulders are broad, supporting a majestic figure, and the robe is simple with ancient patterns, covering the wide knees and the front of the pedestal. Buddhism transmitted from Goguryeo blossomed on the slopes of Palgongsan and bore fruit in the Silla capital, Gyeongju. The mountain ridge extending from Birobong of Palgongsan forms a huge rocky cliff here. At 20 meters above the cliff’s midsection, a round natural cave facing south enshrines the triad Buddha statues, known as the triad stone cave.
Palgongsan Mountain is located south of the Taebaek Mountain Range where the Nakdonggang and Geumhogang Rivers meet. The mountain stands high and stretches out like a folding screen. Near the top of the mountain, the granite protrudes in an odd shape creating a tall, grand geographical feature of the mountain. Furthermore, every valley is decorated with an exquisite rock face and lush forest adding to the mountain's reputation. Palgongsan Mountain was designated as a National Park in December 2023. The mountain has many ancient temples and historical sites such as the Gatbawi Stone Buddha, Wonhyosa Temple, Cheonseongsa Temple and Bulgulsa Temple.
Namcheon Old House is the oldest house in Gunwi-gun, located in Hanbam Village (Bugye-myeon Daeyul-ri), a settlement of the Burim Hong clan, and has also been called Sangmaetaek or Ssangbaekdang. The Burim Hong clan formed a settlement here after their founding ancestor, Hong Ro, a Goryeo Munhasa-in (門下舍人), settled in Gunwi-gun. Namcheon Old House was the residence of Hong U-tae, the 10th generation descendant of Hong No, and has been passed down by the eldest grandsons for generations, producing two successful candidates in the state examination and one jinsaha (scholarship holder). Facing northwest according to the terrain, the inner house is shaped like the Korean letter ㄷ while the sarangchae in front is slightly offset in an ㅡ shape; behind the inner house, within a courtyard wall, is a shrine. After liberation, the middle gate building and lower building were demolished, and the main gate building location was changed, among other alterations. It has been repaired several times, and the beam inscription states the sarangchae was built in the 2nd year of Heonjong (1836). Originally, the house had a unique 'Hong (鬨)'-shaped layout, but after liberation, the middle gate building and lower building were removed and the main gate building was relocated, changing the house’s orientation. The inner house has a '冂'-shaped layout, showing practicality in the arrangement of rooms. A barn with a furnace was placed between the connecting room and the pantry, with a loft above accessed by a ladder from the main hall, and a verandah with a railing in front of the loft. Besides the inner house, there is the ㅡ-shaped sarangchae and a shrine, surrounded by a natural stone wall, features uncommon in other residential buildings. (Source: National Heritage Agency)
