The range straddles the border between North Hwanghae and Kangwon provinces.
The name "Ahobiryong" means "Tiger Leaping Peak" in Korean.
Chonma (天摩山) and Songgo (聖居山) is home to the Pakyon Falls,[1] which is considered as one of the three famous falls of Korea,[2] as well as the Koryo-era Taehungsan Fortress,[3] which in turn encompasses two ancient Buddhist temples (Kwanumsa and Taehungsa).
[4] The Ryongtongsa Buddhist temple, which was the origin place of the Chontae sect, is also located in the mountains at the foot of Mt.
It was once a place of pilgrimage, as it contained the ashes of Uichon, founder of the Chontae sect, but burned down in the 17th century.