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    Sea Chilbo is a scenic masterpiece on the east coast of Korea made up of sheer cliffs with fantastic-shaped rocks around them, some rising out of the sea, big and small islets near them and blue waves endlessly surging in on the rocks and sending up sprays.

    Sea Chilbo is full of beautiful scenic spots--Sol(pine-tree) Islet, Mujigae(rainbow) Rock, Choksok Rocks looking like many candle lights, Waryong Rock looking like rows of islets, Sanho(coral) Rock, Unson Cave known for its legend that fairies from heaven playing on Sol Islet would hide in the cave at a sign of humans approaching, picturesque Chaehwa Peak just like a landscape picture, Chilbo Rock resembling a beauty, and Kaksi(bride) Rock.

    Among them Sol Islet is well-known as a scenic spot for its cliffs, rocks and a thick pine grove in keeping with the wide sea. Halfway up the islet there is Ryong(dragon) Cave formed by sea water erosion and hollow deep down to the sea.

    Mujigae Rock stands on the coast of Jungphyong. From old it has been famous together with Sol Islet and Tal(moon) Gate for its scenic beauty. One of its ends is on the hillside and the other in the sea. When the waves send up spays through the half moon-like hole of the rock, the rock appears to stand above clouds.

    Choesokgum(rock) presents a singular sight, resembling a man bearing a knapsack followed by a woman with a baby on her back and a dog tagging along behind.

    Since Sea Chilbo is known as a fishing ground from olden times, it has a tale related to myongthae(Pollack). The tale is about a fisherman, Thae, living in Pochon, Myongchon. He caught a fish never known before in the area, so the fish was named myongthae after the first letters of the county myong and the fisherman’s surname thae.

    Sea Chilbo also has Put Rock looking like a brush, together with Yonjok(water-bottle) Rock, Mok(ink-stick) Rock and Pyoru(ink-stone) Rock.

    There is a tale told of these rocks. A painter from heaven came down to Mt. Chilbo and tried to paint Sea Chilbo. But he found himself still immature to paint it, and so he decided to go up to heaven and train himself for ten years before coming back to Sea Chilbo. He returned to heaven leaving his painting tools behind. The names of the rocks came from the tale.

     There are also scenic spots called Puchae(fan) Rock, Songbyok(wall) Rock, Khokkiri(elephant) Rock and so forth. When it is seen from far, Khokkiri Rock related to rock cave is just like an elephant with its trunk in the sea.

    Further, there is a spot of scenic beauty called Tal Gate which looks like the moon in its shape. Tal Gate is an erosion arch of lava at the end of southeast of Mt. Chilbo with a high cliff at the back and scores of metres deep sea in front.

    Sea Chilbo has many other scenic spots like Jolsung(superb beauty) Peak, Sonnam(fairy man) Rock, Sonyo(a fairy) Rock and Ryangju(couple) Rock.