Sacheon Usan Beacon Station
사천우산봉수대 · 泗川牛山烽燧臺
A bongsudae, or beacon station, was an old means of communication that used bonfires and smoke to send urgent news: a fire was lit atop a high mountain, giving off smoke by day and firelight by night to carry the signal. This beacon station stands on Namsan Mountain, on the boundary between Nammun-oe-ri in Gonyang-myeon and Oegu-ri in Seopo-myeon, in Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do, and is presumed to have been established during the reign of King Sejong of Joseon. According to the Gyeongsangdo-sokchan-jiriji, a supplementary geographical record of Gyeongsang Province, the Usan beacon exchanged signals with the Gaksan beacon to the south and with the Mangjinsan beacon of Jinju to the north. Sited where the whole of the southern coast can be taken in at a glance, this beacon watched for enemy incursions until the beacon system was abolished in 1894, the 31st year of the reign of Emperor Gojong of Joseon.
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Where it is
- Region
- Sacheon, Gyeongnam
- Designation
- Provincial Monument · 시도기념물
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