Saw-leaf Zelkova of Sasin-ri, Andong

The zelkova is found in warm regions including Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. Its branches spread out in all directions, giving the tree a rounded form; it flowers in May and its disc-shaped fruit ripens in October. Because its trunk grows thick and it lives for a long time, it has often been kept as a jeongjanamu, a shade tree providing a resting place, or protected as a dangsannamu, a guardian tree believed to watch over a village. The zelkova of Sasin-ri, Andong is estimated to be about 600 years old, standing 29.7 m tall with a girth of 10.1 m. The villagers regard the tree as the guardian spirit of the village, and on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month the whole village is said to gather beneath it to pray for good fortune and a bountiful harvest in the new year. Having survived for centuries under the care and attention of past generations, the zelkova of Sasin-ri, Andong is folkloric and biological material of high conservation value, and it is designated and protected as a natural monument.

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Where it is

Region

Andong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Natural Monument · 천연기념물