A sight featured by Gumi City Culture & Tourism
Chaemijeong채미정 · 採薇亭
A Joseon-era pavilion at the foot of Geumosan Mountain (금오산)
- National Scenic Site No. 52
- No closing days
- No admission fee
Summer forest and a stone path, seen from under the eaves
Before you go
At a glance
What it is
Chaemijeong is a Joseon-era pavilion where the Geumosan Mountain (금오산) foothills begin. It is listed as National Scenic Site No. 52, entry costs nothing, and in autumn the grounds are a well-known spot for photographing the leaves.
Getting here
Bus 27, 27-1, 27-2 or 27-3 to the “Geumosan (금오산)” stop
366 Geumosan-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do (lot address: 249 Namtong-dong)
Visitor information
No closing days · No admission fee
Show this to your taxi driver
채미정
경상북도 구미시 금오산로 366 (남통동 249)
Timeline
From seclusion to a pavilion, then a full repair
After the fall of Goryeo
Gil Jae withdraws
Gil Jae (길재 · 吉再) stayed out of office and withdrew to his home town.
176844th year of King Yeongjo (영조 · 英祖) of Joseon
Chaemijeong is built
It was built to honour the loyalty and learning of Gil Jae, known by his pen name Yaeun (야은 · 冶隱).
1977
Full repair
After a full repair, the pavilion has been well preserved to this day.
The name
Gil Jae turned down office, saying he could not serve two kings.
The name likens Gil Jae’s seclusion to the old Chinese story of Boyi and Shuqi (伯夷 · 叔齊, 백이 · 숙제) gathering bracken.
Heritage record
- Designation
- National Scenic Site No. 52 (국가지정 명승 제52호)
- Type
- Pavilion
- Period
- Joseon dynasty
- Managed and owned by
- the Haepyeong Gil clan (해평길씨 종중)
- Full listed name
- Gumi Chaemijeong (구미 채미정 · 龜尾 採薇亭)
The building
The pavilion, bay by bay
Lower and raise the lift-up doors to see how the middle bay changes.
Behind the pavilionGyeongmogak · Yuheobigak
Front: 3 bays
Side: 3 bays
- Wooden floor
- Ondol room
- Roof · bays
- Tiled roof, hip-and-gable style (팔작기와집) · 3 bays wide, 3 bays deep
- Floor plan
- In the plan, only the central bay is an ondol room (온돌방), and the room is laid with umul-maru (우물마루) flooring.
- Doors
- Lift-up doors (들어열개문): raise them and the whole pavilion becomes one wooden floor (마루)
- Frame
- Five-purlin frame (5량가) · double eaves (겹처마)
- This floor plan
- Common in Jeolla-do (전라도) and Chungcheong-do (충청도), but uncommon in the Yeongnam region (영남)
- Behind the pavilion
- Gyeongmogak (경모각 · 敬慕閣), which keeps a five-character quatrain (오언절구 · 五言絶句) in King Sukjong’s (숙종 · 肅宗) own hand, and Yuheobigak (유허비각 · 遺墟碑閣)
Glossary
- Bay (칸)
- the space between two columns
- Paljak giwa-jip (팔작기와집)
- a tiled-roof building with a hip-and-gable roof
- Ondol room (온돌방)
- a traditional room heated from under the floor
- Deureoyeolgae doors (들어열개문)
- doors that open by lifting them up
- Maru (마루)
- a raised wooden floor
- Five-purlin frame (5량가)
- a roof frame carried on five purlins
- Double eaves (겹처마)
- eaves with a second, shorter row of rafters added at the ends
Photos
Summer forest, autumn colour: a photo gallery
The site is known for its hanok (traditional buildings) and its autumn leaves. Besides its value as cultural heritage, it is widely known as a place to photograph the autumn foliage.
Gumi City also describes it as a filming location for historical TV dramas.
Naver visitor review keywords
From 21 visitor reviews · number of votes
- Well-kept walking paths5 votes
- Well looked after4 votes
- Photos come out well4 votes
- Easy to park3 votes
- Not crowded2 votes
- Great views2 votes
- Good for going with kids1 vote
- Lots of places to go nearby1 vote
Getting here
From three starting points to the trail
Where the Geumosan Mountain (금오산) foothills begin, across from the Geumosan lawn plaza (금오산 잔디광장)
Gumi City describes it as a place that hikers heading to Geumosan Mountain (금오산) should stop by at least once.
Bus
Bus stop “Geumosan (금오산)”
Bus 27 · 27-1 · 27-2 · 27-3
about800m
11 min on foot · to the trail entrance (탐방로 · 대혜교)
Parking
Geumosan public parking lots No. 2 and 3 (금오산 제2·3공영주차장)
about800m
11 min on foot · to the trail entrance (탐방로 · 대혜교)
Parking
Parking lot No. 1 (제1주차장)
Limited parking spaces.
100m
1 min on foot · to the trail entrance (탐방로)
Please check transport details before your visit.
Nearby
Eight places close by
Straight-line distance from Chaemijeong
Geumosan Mountain (금오산)
about 0.2 km in a straight line
Gumi Seongnihak Yeoksagwan (구미성리학역사관)
about 0.2 km in a straight line
Geumosan Olle-gil (금오산올레길)
about 0.3 km in a straight line
Yaeun Yeoksa Cheheomgwan (야은역사체험관)
about 0.3 km in a straight line
Geumo Land (금오랜드)
about 0.3 km in a straight line
Hotel Geumosan (호텔금오산)
about 0.4 km in a straight line
Geumosan Cable Car (금오산케이블카)
about 0.7 km in a straight line
Geumosan Campground (금오산 야영장)
about 0.8 km in a straight line
