Pyongyang Folklore Park, Amusement park at Mount Taesong, North Korea
Pyongyang Folklore Park was a historical-themed amusement park at the foot of Mount Taesong in Pyongyang. It was divided into zones including a history education area, a historical relics exhibition area, a modern area, a folk village area, a folk games area, and areas for Mount Paektu and Mount Kumgang. The relics area displayed full-scale replicas of the Koguryo Kumgang Temple pagoda, the Silla Hwangryong Temple pagoda, and the Paekche Mireuk Temple pagoda.
Construction began in December 2008 and the facility officially opened on September 11, 2012. It permanently closed in June 2016.
The park's historical relics section held full-scale replicas of three pagodas: the Goguryeo Geumgangsa Pagoda, the Silla Hwangnyongsa Pagoda and the Baekje Mireuksa Pagoda. Guides explained the exhibits to visitors, and the grounds also had a folk village area and a folk games area.
The park stood at the foot of Mount Taesong in Pyongyang's Taesong District. Tourists rarely came, and those who did arrived with organized tours. It closed in June 2016, and satellite imagery that year showed the site demolished, so nothing remains to visit.
North Korea issued a postage stamp featuring the Pyongyang Folklore Park in 2013. After the park was closed, the stamp was treated as never having existed, so it was removed from official records.
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