Carving History The “Rock-Carved Standing Buddha in Yaksu-gyegok Valley” is located up the Yaksu-gol Valley trail on Mt. Namsan (494 m) in Gyeongju. The trail is 1.5 km long, but it’s an advanced level course with in incline of nearly 19 degrees. The massive relief is some 400 metres down the western slopes of Geumo-bong Peak (468 m). And these 400 metres are some of the sketchiest on Mt. Namsan. As for the “Rock-Carved Standing Buddha in Yaksu-gyegok Valley,” and based upon its simplified body shape and the folds on its robe, it’s believed that this relief was first created in the 9th century during late Unified Silla (668-935 A.D.).…