After Gongsangseong Fortress, I took a bus to Buyeo, the 3rd Capital of Baekje.
The first stop was another mountain fortress, this one called Busosanseong.
Legend says that on the day Baekje fell, court ladies threw themselves from these rocks into the river below to avoid capture by the enemy.
The trail from these rocks leads down to a temple and ferry landing.
According to another legend, this water brings rejuvenation. An old woman told her husband to drink from it in order to restore his fertility. She forgot to tell him that each cup of water restores 3 years of life...he drank too much and turned into a baby.
The ferry below took me to a sculpture park not far away.
Statue of King Seong.
Next, I walked to Buyeo National Museum. While there, I talked to some high school boys who were cleaning the display windows. We talked mostly about baseball, when I left one boy said "Very exciting dialogue, thank you."
This Baekje incense burner is the prize of the museum. "No Flashy!"
Nearby is a Jeongnimsaji temple complex.
It includes this Baekje stone pagoda...
...this Buddha damaged by fire and worn from age...
...and a Buddhism museum. It includes recreations of the city as it was.
I don't know the significance of this, but it's a giant baduk board, so I like it.
There are crane games all throughout the country, with money and toys et cetera. I took a picture of this, because it's the first one I've ever seen with toilet cleaner as a prize.
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