Gujibong Peak

Historic Site No. 429 of Geumgwan Gaya Foundation

Hello, Gujibong Peak, located in the mountain behind the Gimhae National Museum, is the place where there is a legend that King Suro, the founder of Geumgwan Gaya, was born. Originally, it was called Gusubong Peak because it resembles a turtle’s head, but it was renamed Gujibong Peak because the flat place where the Surowangbi Tomb (historic 74) is located became a turtle body and the peak protruding to the west is called Turtle Head.

At the top you have the southern dolmens that we think are from around the 4th century BCE. The dolmens are covered with covered stones of about 2.5m in diameter on five to six short pedestal stones, and the inscription “Gujibongseok,” which is said to have been written by Han Seok-bong, a calligrapher of the Joseon Dynasty, is engraved on them.

It is an important relic to understand the formation process of an ancient country related to the founding myth of Geumgwan Gaya.