Hwasun County (Korean: 화순군; RR: Hwasun-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.

Symbol

  • County Flower : Wild Chrysanthemum
  • County Tree : Zelkova Tree
  • County Bird : Dove

History

Before Hwasun became an administrative community in the Japanese Empire, individual culture was formed along three rivers: Jiseokcheon River to Neungju, Hwasuncheon River to Hwasun, and Dongbokcheon River to Dongbok.[citation needed] Recently, residential remains from the Stone Age and the Mesolithic were found in Juam Dam (on the river Gapcheon) at Daejeon Village[clarification needed], Sasu-ri[clarification needed], Nam-myeon[clarification needed].[citation needed] Bronze Age remains include 1,180 dolmens; and a variety of remains excavated in a stone-lines tomb at Daegok-ri (including National Tresture No. 143, bronze knife and bronze mirror). A pit-tomb from the Baekje Period was found at the site of Unjusa Temple.[citation needed]

Culture and Tourism

  • Red Cliff (赤壁)
  • Unjusa (云 住 寺)
  • Ssangbongsa (双峰 寺)
  • Mudeungsan (无 等 山)
  • Towon Academy (道 源 书院)
  • Hwasun Nongak Hanchun (和顺 寒泉 农 乐)

World Heritages

A dolmen is a grave at the prehistoric age and a kind of megalithic monument. It is distributed all over the world and Korea is its center. There are about 19,000 only in Jeonnam. Hwasun is a representative center of dolmen and has about 2,000. Since 1988, the dolmen in Hwasun was designated as cultural asset.

Present situation of Dolmens

  • Designation: Historic Relic No. 410 (Designated on September 17, 1998)
  • Address: Hoysan-ri, Dogok-myeon ~ Daesin-ri, Chunyang-myeon, Hwasun-gun
  • Designated area: 2,191,767 m2 (about 663,000 pyeong)
  • Quantity: Daesin-ri, Chunyang - 319 Hyosan-ri, Dogok - 277 Total 596

Features of Hwasun Dolmen

Collective tight formation in a small area. Tens of dolmens have 100-ton upper stone in weight. There are extra-large dolmens of 280 tons. A quarry remains to show the process of building dolmens. Dolmens of Hwasun, 34°58′39″N 126°55′54″E/34.9775414°N 126.931551°E/ 34.9775414; 126.931551 were registered with those of Ganghwa and Gochang county.

Notable people

Historical figure

  • Lee Han-yeol (Born: 29 August 1966, Died: 5 July 1987)

Entertainer Go hyun-jung (actress)

Kim hyo-jong (pentagon) Historial figure Park seon-young (1966-1987) suicide

External links

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