Muan Mangunmyeonui Black Pine

The black pine belongs to the pine family and is called "gomsol" because its needles are coarser than those of the common pine; because it grows along the shore it is also called "haesong" (sea pine), and because the bark of its trunk is darker than the common pine's it is also known as "heuksong" (black pine). Being resistant to sea wind and salt, it is widely planted along coasts as a windbreak or tide-defence grove. The black pine of Mangun-myeon, Muan, stands beside the road in Dumo village, Songhyeon-ri, and is estimated to be about 300 years old. Originally there were four trees; two have since died, leaving two now growing. One is 18 m tall with a girth of 3.2 m, while the other has a trunk forking into two from the ground, with girths of 2.8 m and 3 m respectively. It is said that when the Gimhae Kim clan settled here about 400 years ago, they designated this grove a seonangrim, a sacred village grove, and have preserved it ever since as a sacred tree before which the village's peace and a good harvest are prayed for at the start of each year. Having lived for so long under the care and attention of the villagers' ancestors, the black pine of Mangun-myeon, Muan, has high biological and folkloric value and is accordingly designated and protected as a monument.

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Where it is

Region

Muan, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물