The Eight Views of Pyongyang are a collection of beautiful scenery of
Pyongyang,
Korea, that are alleged to have been handed down from the time of the
Joseon
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dynasty, in the Korean poetry and paintings.
Eight Views of Pyongyang
(in Japanese)
They were modeled after the Eight Views of Xiaoxiang of the Song Dynasty of China
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.
The Eight Views
1. Admiring spring from Ulmildae (''Ŭlmil Sangch'un'', 을밀상춘/)
2. Enjoying the moon at Pubyokru (''Pubyŏk Wanwŏl'', 부벽완월/)
3. Monk searching at Yongmyongsa (''Yŏngmyŏng Samsŭng'', 영명삼승/)
4. Seeing off travelers at Pothong River (''Pot'ong Songgaek'', 보통송객/)
5. Boating on the Taedong River (''Kŏmun Pŏpch'u'', 거문범추/)
6. Listening to rain at the lotus pond (''Ryŏndang Ch'ŏngu'', 련당청우/)
7. Evening kingfishers at Mt. Ryongak (''Ryongsan Manch'wi'', 룡산만취/)
8. Spring floods at Mat'an (''Mat'an Ch'ungyŏng'', 마탄춘경/)
See also
* Pyongyang
* Eight Views of Xiaoxiang
* Eight Views of Korea
* Eight Views
References
External links
* Eight Views of Pyongyang{Dead link, date=November 2010 (in Chinese)
Tourist attractions in Pyongyang
Geography of Pyongyang
Culture in Pyongyang
Arts in Korea