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Cheonma or Chonma may refer to:
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- ↑ "박연폭포". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture .
- ↑ "한폭의 산수화 같은 한국의 3대 폭포 설악산 '대승폭포'". kado.
- ↑ "천마산". cybernk.net.
- ↑ "[사진으로 만나는 북한 문화유산] ⑱ 천마산 대흥산성과 개성의 사찰유적". news1.
- ↑ "개성 영통사 발굴, 복원사업". cheontae.org.
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