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It is not easy to identify ancient travelers' activities in detail because of the lack of real photos from that time. However, fortunately some old paintings enable us to see what and how the Chosun-Dynasty travelers to act during their sightseeing. The purpose of this article is to search and analyze travel patterns and behaviors of the Chosun-Dynasty people in Korea expressed in old paintings. For example, some paintings drawn by a famous ancient painter like Sun Chung(1676-1759) include real travelers who traveled to Mt. Geumgang and whose names we know from their travelogues. They are interesting enough to stimulate the academical desire of a historical tourism researcher like myself. They show many things about traditional tourism in Korea like patterns(including travel purpose, transportation, travel guide, travelling companions, etc.) and behaviors(attitude, activities, thoughts, etc.). Six kinds of travel patterns and five travel behaviors of the Chosun-Dynasty people can be classified by these paintings. This article is in a series of traditional tourism studies of Korea I have made 12 articles and one book (Tourism History of Korea) in the last 20 years. This article has a limit in its validity and universality of research because there are not enough old paintings to ensure them.