Baeryeongyeondae Pavilion

A yeondae was a means of communication using bonfires and smoke to relay urgent political and military news. It functioned in the same way as a bongsudae (a beacon-fire station) but differed in location: a yeondae was usually built on a hill or along the coast, whereas a bongsudae stood on a mountain summit, sending signals by smoke during the day and by fire at night. Baeryeongyeondae stands on Yeondae Hill, a headland jutting out into the sea west of Geumneung-ri, and was under the jurisdiction of Myeongwol-jin garrison. It is badly damaged, and only a height of 1.9 metres now survives. Six byeoljang (junior military officers) and twelve bonggun (beacon guards) were stationed there, keeping watch over the coastline around the clock in six shifts of five days a month each, and it exchanged signals with Madu Yeondae to the east and Daepo Yeondae to the west.

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Where it is

Region

Jeju City, Jeju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물