Five peaks

Northern peak 北嶽 恒山

Where it is

The chin. It is matched with Mount Heng of the north.

What the books said

오악은 오른쪽 광대뼈·왼쪽 광대뼈·이마·턱·코를 각기 동·서·남·북·중으로 잡아 거기에 태산(泰山)·화산(華山)·형산(衡山)·항산(恒山)·숭산(嵩山)을 배치한다.

Our rendering: The encyclopedia assigns the right cheekbone to the eastern peak and the left cheekbone to the western peak.

Source: Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, entry 'Gwansang' (written by Cho Heung-yun, 1995, last revised 7 February 2023). https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0004873 (Checked on 2026-09-05)
面部有五岳之位,額為南岳衡山,屬離火。頦為北岳恆山,屬坎水。左顴為東嶽泰山,屬震木。右顴為西嶽華山,屬兌金。鼻為中嶽嵩山,屬中央土。

Our rendering: This book assigns the left cheekbone to the east and the right to the west. That is the opposite of the encyclopedia above.

Source: Shenxiang Quanbian, digital text at the Chinese Text Project (ctext.org). https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=905153 (Checked on 2026-09-05)
북악인 턱이 뾰족하고 쪼그라져 있으면 말년에 벼슬을 못하고 되는 일이 없다.

Our rendering: This is what the literature said about the chin.

Source: Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, entry 'Eolgul' (face), written by Cho Heung-yun, 1995. https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0036194 (Checked on 2026-09-05)
중국에서는 오악 가운데 이마가 좋은 것을 크게 치지만 우리는 턱이 좋은 것을 최고로 친다.

Our rendering: Even for the same spot the traditions part ways. This is not a field with one settled answer.

Source: Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, entry 'Gwansang' (written by Cho Heung-yun, 1995, last revised 7 February 2023). https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0004873 (Checked on 2026-09-05)

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