Hwangjangsanbongsanpyoseok

This is a bongsan marker — a stone erected to designate a mountain where the state prohibited tree-felling — standing by a stream at the entrance to a village near Hwangjangsan Mountain. The erection of such markers was meant to protect the forests of the surrounding area. Each face of the marker is well dressed into a rectangular shape, and the characters 封山 (bongsan) are carved large on the front. Hwangjangsan Mountain has long been famed for producing hwangjangmok, a high-quality pine timber used in public buildings, and it was designated a bongsan in 1680, the sixth year of King Sukjong of Joseon. The marker is presumed to have been erected around this time, when Hwangjangsan was designated a protected mountain.

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Where it is

Region

Mungyeong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료