Village Guardian Forest of Seongnam-ri, Wonju

Basic information

Designation

Natural Monument No.93

Category

동식물

Designated year

1962

Location

원주시, 강원특별자치도— 강원 원주시 신림면 성남리 191번지

Coordinates

37.251109, 128.080266Kakao address conversion

Seonghwangnim (Tutelary Forest) means a forest where a local god who protects the town lives. The shrine woods in Seongnam-ri, Wonseong, is a little far from town. Villagers in Seongnam-ri have believed the local god of Chiaksan Mountain to be their guardian. Seonghwangnim consists of many trees such as Carstor Aralia and Rubus coreanus. The people in the village performed a sacrificial ritual for the god wishing for the well-being and peace of the town twice a year on April 7th and September 9th of the lunar calendar. The Tutelary Forest of Seongnam-ri, Wonseong, has representative deciduous trees of temperate regions as well as biological value. Therefore, it is designated and protected as a natural monument.

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