Little Buddha - small statue ornaments
Mt. Maisan is located in the Maisan Provincial Park in Chollabuk-do province east of the city of Jeonju, and next to the city of Chinan. "Mai" is the Korean word for "horse" and "san" is the Korean word of "mountain". This mountain gains it's name because it's two peaks are split causing the appearance, from a distance, of two horse ears Unusual in Korea the mountain is formed of conglomerate rock which looks like gray pebbles hardened in cement Looking at Maisan Mountain from the south, one can see small cave-like features on the steep slopes halfway up the mountain, just as if they were bombed. These features are called tafoni (also referred to as honeycomb weathering). Weathering usually occurs on the surface of rocks, but the tafoni on Maisan occurred from within the rocks, expanding internally to push out the rocks’ surface. This is one of the most well-developed tafoni features in the world.
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