Muan Seogyong-ri Black Pine

The black pine, or gomsol, belongs to the pine family and is so called because its needles are coarser than those of the common pine; because it grows along the coast it is also called haesong, or "sea pine", and because the bark of its trunk is darker than that of the common pine it is also called heuksong, or "black pine". It withstands sea wind and salt well, and so is widely planted along the coast as a windbreak or tide-break. The Muan Seogyong-ri Black Pine is estimated to be around 300 years old, 11 metres tall and 3.1 metres in girth. A large branch has developed at a point 2.5 metres above the ground, and the tree is in somewhat poor condition. The village regards the tree as sacred and holds a dangsanje, a rite offered to the mountain spirit, on 1 February every year. The Muan Seogyong-ri Black Pine has survived under the care and attention of generations of villagers, and because of its high biological and folkloric conservation value it has been designated and protected as a monument.

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Where it is

Region

Muan, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물