Gijang Namsan Mountain Beacon Station

A beacon station, or bongsudae, was a traditional means of communication used to send urgent news by fire and smoke: a fire was lit on a high mountain, sending a signal by smoke during the day and by firelight at night. This beacon station, located in Jukseong-ri, Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun, has a central beacon mound built of stone, 2.4 m in diameter and 9 m in circumference, which held a brazier 1.5 m high, 1.5 m wide and 30–40 cm in diameter. It was linked to the south with the Ganbiosan Mountain Beacon Station at Haeundae, and to the north with the Imnang and Ai beacon stations. It was established in 985, the fourth year of King Seongjong of Goryeo, and was abolished in 1894, the thirty-first year of Emperor Gojong, when the Gabo Reform introduced a modern telephone communication system; its original form is relatively well preserved.

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Where it is

Region

Gijang, Busan

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료