Hwasun County () is a
county
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in
South Jeolla Province,
South Korea
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.
Anthem: Song of Citizens of Hwasun County
Symbol
* County Flower : Wild Chrysanthemum
* County Tree :
Zelkova
''Zelkova'' (from the Georgian language, Georgian ''dzelkva'', 'stone pillar') is a genus of six species of deciduous trees in the elm family Ulmaceae, native to southern Europe, and southwest and eastern Asia. They vary in size from shrubs (''Ze ...
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.
Recently, residential remains from the
Stone Age
The Stone Age was a broad prehistory, prehistoric period during which Rock (geology), stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years and ended b ...
and the
Mesolithic
The Mesolithic (Ancient Greek language, Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic i ...
were found in Juam Dam (on the river Gapcheon) at , , .
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.
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 m
2 (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.
[ Welcome to Hwasun] Dolmens of Hwasun, were registered with those of Ganghwa and Gochang county.
Notable people
Go Hyun- Jeong (actress)
Kim Hyo- Jong (Rapper)
Historical figure
Lee Han- yeol (Born: 29 August 1966
Died: 5 July 1987)
References
External links
Hwasun County government home page
{{Authority control
Counties of South Jeolla Province