The area around Gudurae Village is famous for both its beautiful scenery and many historic monuments from the Baekje period (18 B.C.-A.D. 660). According to Samgungnyusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdom), the kings of Baekje rested on a flat rock by the Sajasu (today's Baengmagang River)on their way to the state temple of Wangheungsa. The rock would get warm when the king sat on it, so it came to be called Jaondae, or the "Self-Heating Boulder. " Wangheungsa was one of Baekjes state temples. Erected in the early seventh century, it was reputed for magnificent shrines as well as for the superb scenery surrounding it. It was located at the southern foot of Mt. Ulseongsan across the Baengmagang River. Many historic Baekje sites are found on both sides of the river. They included the sites of such famous temples as Hoamasa and Cheongnyongsa, the Busosanseong and Busanseong Fortress and the Naseong town wall of Buyeo.