The best attraction showing the paleo-environment and geologic history of Busan in the late Cretaceous period when dinosaurs were at their peak. In particular, various output-to-state clastic dikes and paleo-earthquake rocks preserving the seismic record provide a magnificent sight.
Dinosaur egg nests and fragment fossils appear in the sedimentary layers with interesting geological features of high academic value including marl, petrified wood, reduction spots and calcic paleosoil.
Once the paradise of many Late Cretaceous dinosaurs, this site gives an insight to the ancient environment by nest and egg fossils. Also, clastic dykes and seismite clearly shows the past activity of earthquakes.
Dusong Peninsula located east of Dadaepo Port is a long and narrow peninsula with shipyard and factory districts around it. From the name of Dadaepo, adjacent to Dusong Peninsula, Dadae resulted from changes to Dapdal, Dadara and Dadarang. Among Busan place names, Dadaepo has the oldest origin. To Dadaepo, as the most important fortress for national defense among seven camps of the Left Gyeongsang Province during the Joseon Dynasty, twice as many warships were assigned. Further, Dadaepo Cheomsa(naval officer) was considered so important a post that only officials of the senior grade of the third court rank were appointed to the post.
Emarginate eurya, an evergreen broad-leaved shrub belonging to tea family, grows in the south. It looks like Eurya japonica but was named such due to its leaves riding backwards and drawing in. They grow well in windy areas.
Australian laurel, an evergreen broad-leaved shrub belonging to the Pittosporaceae genus, grows on the seashore in the south. Thick disorderly leaves hang in clusters at the ends of branches, with the edge riding backwards. Its name, Don tree, originates from “Ddong(poop) tree,” named such because birds gather around to eat its fruit and their droppings leave a mess on the tree.
Cheonmasan Sculpture Park located in a cozy mountain at an elevation of 324 meters south of South Port is home to 44 pieces of beautiful sculpture artworks and the legendary Cheonma(Pegasus) Rock said to be where a horse came down from heaven. The artistic and aesthetic mind with a sense of beauty can be cultured by appreciating the various sculptures. Further, with amenities including sports facilities, walkways, observation platforms and rest areas around the park, the park is gaining the spotlight as a cultural space for school field trips.
Gamcheon Culture Village is dubbed Busan’s Machu Picchu because the tiered-houses at the foot of the mountain in Gamcheon-dong, Saha-gu are connected via an alley at the center, creating picturesque scenery. As a residential community for believers of the Taegeukdo religious settlement and Korean War refugees in the 1950s, the village has preserved Busan’s history. The collective residential style of tiered houses formed in an orderly manner and the maze-like alley to which all ways lead create Gamcheon’s own unique landscape. An experience tour reinvented by local residents can be enjoyed with the theme house project and alleyway sculpture tour program.
