Red Leaf Willow of Gwan-ri, Cheongsong

Basic information

Designation

Natural Monument No.193

Category

동식물

Designated year

1968

Location

청송군, 경상북도— 경북 청송군 파천면 관리 939-17 외5필

Coordinates

36.441464, 129.035018

The Red Leaf Willow tree is distributed in Japan, China, and Korea. The name Wangbeodeul means a big willow in Korean. The tree is used as windbreak and it serves as a shady resting place. There is no way to determine the exact age of this big willow of Gwan-ri, Cheongsong. The tree has height of 10.2 meters and girth of 7.14 meters but most parts of the tree are dead since a western branch was cut to take out the honeycomb. There is a legend regarding this willow tree and the pine tree beside it. To marry a maiden, a man enlisted in the army instead of her father but the man did not come back from a battlefield. The maid hanged herself on the branch of this willow tree. After that, a pine tree grew beside the willow tree. Up to now, these trees have been preserved by villagers as a village guardian and annual offerings are made to the spirit of these trees. Since the Red Leaf Willow of Gwan-ri is biologically valuable and has been preserved well, it is designated and conserved as a Natural Monument.

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