| Gwaneumsong in Yeongwol grows in Cheongryeongpo of Yeongwol and is estimated
to be about 600 years old. It is 30m in height and 5m in girth. It
is divided into two branches at 1.2m high from the ground, and one grows upward
and the other grows to the west slanting a little.
Cheongryeongpo is a place where Danjong (King) was exiled after being usurped
in the second year(1456) of Sejo (King) and he spent time riding on its split
branches. Gwan which means 'watching' and it originated that it watched Danjong
(King)'s wretched life. Eum means 'sound' and it was originated that it
heard sad voice of Danjong (King). Therefore it is called Gwaneumsong.
As it has informed the village inhabitants of those by turing the bark
of the tree into black whenever big accidents happened in the country, they
consider this tree very precious. As Gwaneumsong in Yeongwol is valuable for
historical and academic study having a legend of Danjong(Kong), etc, it is designated
and protected as Natural Monument.
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Gwaneumsong (Pine Tree of Mercy) in
Yeongwol
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Natural Monument No 349
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Quantity
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Volume :
one, 225m2
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Designated
Day :
1988. 04.30
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Site :
San 67-1, Gwangcheon-ri, Nam-myeon,
Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon-do
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Maintaining
Agency :
Yeongwol-gun
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