Case file · Sacred site
Seonbawi, the Zen rock of Inwangsan
Two weathered rocks shaped like robed monks; women still pray here for sons. Legend says the monk Muhak wanted them inside Seoul's new wall and Jeong Do-jeon kept them out.
1394 CE · 37.58, 126.96 · status: legend
The account
When snow overnight marked a line, King Taejo built the wall along it, leaving the rock outside, and Muhak warned Buddhism would decline. The rock sits beside the Guksadang shamanic shrine.