Nearby landmarks include the Banwolseong fortress, Cheomseongdae, the Gyeongju National Museum, and the Royal Tombs Complex.

"[2] The Samgungnyusa, a 13th-century miscellanea of tales relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea, gives a different origin of the term Gyerim.

According to that text, the founder of Silla, Hyeokgeose, was born at a stream called Gyejeong (계정; 鷄井), "rooster well," and that his future consort was born from a dragon that came to earth at another place called Gyeryongseo (계룡서; 鷄龍瑞), and for this reason the area was renamed Gyerim.

[1][4] The early eighth-century Sillan scholar Kim Dae-mun authored a no longer extant book of tales of Silla entitled Gyerim japjeon (鷄林雜傳).

[6] Being considered a holy place, a monument commemorating the birth legend of Kim Alji was built in 1803 by the Joseon.