Hwasun County

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

Hwasun 화순군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	화순군
• Hanja	和順郡
• Revised Romanization	Hwasun-gun
• McCune-Reischauer	Hwasun-gun
Flag Emblem of Hwasun
Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Honam
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 12 myeon
Area
• Total	786.23 km2 (303.57 sq mi)
Population  (September 2024[1])
• Total	60,886
• Density	100/km2 (300/sq mi)
• Dialect	Jeolla

Anthem: Song of Citizens of Hwasun County

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 Sept. 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.^[2] Dolmens of Hwasun, 34.9775414°N 126.931551°E / 34.9775414; 126.931551 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

1. "Population statistics". Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety. 2024.
2. "Welcome to Hwasun County homepage". Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-01-15. Welcome to Hwasun

External links

• Hwasun County government home page

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