Taepyeong Beacon Station

A bongsudae (beacon mound) was an old means of communication using bonfires and smoke to relay urgent news swiftly: signals were sent by smoke during the day and by firelight at night from a high mountain. This beacon station was built on the summit of Seongjaebong Peak (830 m above sea level), where Daebul-ri and Muneung-ri in Jucheon-myeon, Jinan County, meet Godang-ri in Unju-myeon, Wanju County. It was an important relay point, receiving beacon signals from the direction of Godalsan Mountain to the south and from Jangansan Mountain in Jangsu to the east, and passing them on to Unju and Tanhyeon. Built up with rough stones on an uneven natural rock outcrop, the beacon station is square in plan and stands 4–5 m high. The original station is thought to date to the Three Kingdoms period, and is said to have been rebuilt in 1595, the 28th year of King Seonjo of Joseon, during the Imjin War, to send signals to Taepyeongsanseong Fortress and to the provincial government office in Jeonju. Apart from a partial collapse on the south side, it survives largely in its original form.

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Where it is

Region

Jinan, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물