1642 KP - Mount Kumgang – Diamond Mountain from the Sea (2025)

Mount Kumgang – Diamond Mountain from the Sea

Mount Kumgang is a long-celebrated place of exceptional natural beauty, renowned for its near-white granite peaks, deep valleys, waterfalls, and pristine ecosystems, rising to nearly 1,600 metres. The mountain’s dramatic impact is enhanced through constantly changing weather patterns of mists, rain, sunshine and clouds. This sacred mountain is a key site of mountain Buddhism, with traditions dating back to the 5th century. This cultural landscape is home to ancient hermitages, temples, stupas, and stone carvings, many located in the Outer and Inner Kumgang Area. Three temples remain active today and bear exceptional testimony to centuries of Buddhist practice, with tangible and intangible heritage deeply intertwined with the landscape.

金刚山——海上钻石山

金刚山历来因得天独厚的自然风光而为人称颂，其主峰海拔逾1600米。接近白色的花岗岩峰、深谷、飞瀑和原始生态系统久负盛名，雾、雨、晴、云变换不定的天气使山体景观更显磅礴。金刚山是山岳佛教的的重要圣地，相关历史可追溯至公元5世纪，留下诸多古代隐修所、寺庙、佛塔、石刻，多分布于外金刚、内金刚区域。3座至今仍在使用的寺庙，见证了几百年来的佛教实践，及其与当地景观深度融合的物质和非物质文化遗产。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1642

• 1642-001 Outer Kumgang-Inner Kumgang Area
• 1642-002 Lagoon Samil Area in Sea Kumgang

1642-001 Outer Kumgang-Inner Kumgang Area

1642-002 Lagoon Samil Area in Sea Kumgang

1278 KP - Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong (2013)

Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong

Situated in Kaesong city, in the south of the country, the site consists of 12 separate components, which together testify to the history and culture of the Koryo Dynasty from the 10th to 14th centuries. The geomantic layout of the former capital city of Kaesong, its palaces, institutions and tomb complex, defensive walls and gates embody the political, cultural, philosophical and spiritual values of a crucial era in the region’s history.  The monuments inscribed also include an astronomical and meteorological observatory, two schools (including one dedicated to educating national officials) and commemorative steles. The site testifies to the transition from Buddhism to neo-Confucianism in East Asia and to the assimilation of the cultural spiritual and political values of the states that existed prior to Korea’s unification under the Koryo Dynasty. The integration of Buddhist, Confucian, Taoist and geomantic concepts is manifest in the planning of the site and the architecture of its monuments.

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1091

• 1278rev-001 Manwoldae & Kaesong Chomsongdae 满月台 (만월대)& 开城瞻星台 (개성 첨성대)
• 1278rev-002 Kaesong Walls 开城城墙
• 1278rev-003 Kaesong Namdae Gate 开城南大门
• 1278rev-004 Koryo Songgyungwan 高丽成均馆
• 1278rev-005 Sungyang Sowon 崧阳书院
• 1278rev-006 Sonjuk Bridge and Phyochung Monuments 善竹桥和表忠碑
• 1278rev-007 Mausoleum of King Wang Kon 王建王陵, Seven Tombs Cluster & Myongrung Cluster  (명릉/明陵 Hyonjongrung)
• 1278rev-008 Mausoleum of King Kongmin (현정릉/玄正陵 Hyonjongrung )

1278rev-001 Manwoldae  满月台 (만월대)

1278rev-003 Kaesong Namdae Gate 开城南大门

1278rev-004 Koryo Songgyungwan 高丽成均馆 (Taesong Temple)

1278rev-005 Sungyang Sowon 崧阳书院

1278rev-006 Sonjuk Bridge 善竹桥

1278rev-006 Phyochung Monuments 表忠碑

1278rev-007 Mausoleum of King Wang Kon 王建王陵

1278rev-008 Mausoleum of King Kongmin (현정릉/玄正陵 Hyonjongrung )

1091 KP - Complex of Koguryo Tombs (2004)

 Complex of Koguryo Tombs

The property includes several group and individual tombs - totalling about 30 individual tombs - from the later period of the Koguryo Kingdom, one of the strongest kingdoms in nowadays northeast China and half of the Korean peninsula between the 3rd century BC to 7th century AD. The tombs, many with beautiful wall paintings, are almost the only remains of this culture. Only about 90 out of more than 10,000 Koguryo tombs discovered in China and Korea so far, have wall paintings. Almost half of these tombs are located on this site and they are thought to have been made for the burial of kings, members of the royal family and the aristocracy. These paintings offer a unique testimony to daily life of this period.

高句丽古墓群

墓群包括几组墓葬和一些独立的墓葬，共计约30座，是公元前3世纪至公元7世纪中国东北部和朝鲜半岛一半地区最强大的帝国之一——高句丽帝国后期的古墓，多以精美的壁画装饰，几乎是高句丽文化唯一的遗迹。迄今为止，在中国和朝鲜发现的10 000多座高句丽古墓中只有90座古墓绘有壁画。其中半数以上就在该遗址，被认为是高句丽帝王、皇室成员或贵族的墓葬。这些壁画以独特的方式反映了当时的日常生活。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1091

• 1091-001 Tomb of King Tongmyong and Jinpha-ri group of tombs 平壤东明王陵与真坡里古坟群
• 1091-002 Homam-ri Sasin (Four Deities) Tomb 平壤湖南里四神冢
• 1091-003 Tokhwa-ri Tombs No. 1,2,3 平安南道德花里1、2、3号坟
• 1091-004 Kangso Three Tombs 南浦江西三墓
• 1091-005 Tokhung-ri Tomb 南浦德兴里古坟
• 1091-006 Yaksu-ri Tomb 南浦药水里古坟
• 1091-007 Susan-ri Tomb 南浦水山里古坟
• 1091-008 Ryonggang Great Tomb 南浦龙冈大冢
• 1091-009 Twin-Column Tomb 南浦双楹冢
• 1091-010 Anak Tomb No. 1 黄海南道安岳1号坟
• 1091-011 Anak Tomb No. 2 黄海南道安岳2号坟
• 1091-012 Anak Tomb No. 3 黄海南道安岳3号坟

1091-001 Tomb of King Tongmyong

1091-012 Anak Tomb No. 3 黄海南道安岳3号坟 - Owner 佟寿墓

1091-012 Anak Tomb No. 3 黄海南道安岳3号坟 - Owner wife

1091-012 Anak Tomb No. 3 黄海南道安岳3号坟 - Processing scene

1091-012 Anak Tomb No. 3 黄海南道安岳3号坟 - Indoor life