Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream

A Human Masterpiece Set against a Stunning Landscape

Bangucheon Petroglyphs is located along the Bangucheon Stream in an area known for its wealth of geological, natural, and cultural heritage. For many thousands of years, generations of artists in this coastal region of East Asia engraved diverse images onto local rock faces as the area’s cultures evolved from the hunter-gatherer stage into agricultural societies and then developed into an ancient state. Bangucheon Petroglyphs provides priceless testimony to the art and culture of coastal East Asia and its transformation over the millennia. The government of the Republic of Korea has made extraordinary efforts to preserve this precious heritage and is now working to enter it onto the World Heritage List as part of its ongoing conservation efforts.