Choegoun Site

This site is said to be where Go Un (孤雲) Choe Chi-won (崔致遠, 857–?), an outstanding scholar of the late Unified Silla period, once wandered as if a Daoist immortal (seon-yu). Choe Chi-won was a Confucian scholar of Silla's sixth head-rank (yukdupum) status who studied in Tang China; on returning, finding it difficult to realise his ambitions because of the constraints of his social rank, he set aside any lingering hope of office and travelled throughout the country. He is said to have stayed at this scenically beautiful spot as well, carving a Chinese-style poem (hansi) into the screen-like rock face, but it has since worn away and can no longer be read. Before the Nampo Tidal Barrage was built in 1955, this was an island called Maekdo (麥島, "Barley Island"), but it is now part of the mainland.

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Where it is

Region

Boryeong, Chungnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료