Rhododendrons on Mt Paektu

For its majestic and sublime scenery Mt Paektu, the ancestral mountain of the Korean nation, counts among Korea’s celebrated mountains. 

Adding beauty to the scenery are rhododendrons that occur here and there on the mountain, where winter temperatures last for more than 200 days in a year.  

As a shrub of high medicinal value, the plant is called manbyongcho in Korean, which means a cure for all diseases.