| A zelkova inhabits in a temperate climate region such as Japan, Taiwan and
China as well as Korea. It has a round shape with branches widely growing
to all directions. Its flowers bloom in May and its disk-shaped fruit
ripe in October. It has been used serve a shady resting place in the village
because of its old age and thick branches like and protected as a Dangsan tree
(the tree of guardian) which protects and defends a village. Hackberry
inhabits in Korea, Japan and China. It grows big, and was planted as a
windbreak forest to protect from wind or as an assistant forest to help a place
with low energy in a village according to Feng-shui (a theory of divination
based on topography) since time immemorial.
The whole Seongeub-ri near the southeast coast of Jeju-do is designated as
a Major Folk Material No.188 and there are one zelkova and seven hackberries
around Ilgwanheon in this village. The Zelkova is estimated to be about
1,000 years old and 30m in height and 5m in girth. Six hackberries are
24бн31m in height and 2.4бн4m in girth. There is a natural forest with
five Japanese camphors, Japanese cornal trees (viburnum awabuki), silver magnolias
and camellia trees around. As the forest protects this village from wind
by surrounding it, the village inhabitants make the forest sacred. According
to records, it is said that there were also trees here during the reign of King
Chungnyeol (1274~1308) but only a part of them seems to have survived so far.
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Neutinamu (Zelkova) and Paengnamu
(Hackberry) in Seongeub-ri
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Natural Monument No 161
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Quantity
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Volume :
4,126m2
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Designated
Day :
1964. 01.31
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Site :
882-1, Seongeup-ri, Pyoseon-myeon,
Namjeju-gun, Jeju
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Maintaining
Agency :
Namjeju-gun
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