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Phone:
+82 53-851-1869

Address:
Wachon-myeon, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

Gatbawi is a Buddhist statue in Daehan-ri, Wachon-myeon, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the Republic of Korea. It was made in the Unified Silla Kingdom era and is well known with the name of Gatbawi Buddha . It sits 4 metres tall, and the hat is a 15-centimetre thick flat stone on his head, This single granite sculpture was made up by Uihyeon, at the top of the 850-metre high rough Palgongsan and is surrounded by a screen-like rock wall as its background. It is said that Uihyeon made it in order to appease his mother's soul in the 7th ruling year of Queen Seondeok of Silla Kingdom.
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