Hwasun County


Hwasun County is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.
Anthem: Song of Citizens of Hwasun County

Symbol

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 and the Mesolithic were found in Juam Dam at,,.
Bronze Age remains include 1,180 dolmens; and a variety of remains excavated in a stone-lines tomb at Daegok-ri. A pit-tomb from the Baekje Period was found at the site of Unjusa Temple.

Culture and Tourism

  • Red Cliff
  • Unjusa
  • Ssangbongsa
  • Mudeungsan
  • Towon Academy
  • Hwasun Nongak Hanchun

    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
  • Address: Hoysan-ri, Dogok-myeon ~ Daesin-ri, Chunyang-myeon, Hwasun-gun
  • Designated area: 2,191,767 m2
  • 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. Dolmens of Hwasun, were registered with those of Ganghwa and Gochang county.
Notable people
Go Hyun- Jeong
Kim Hyo- Jong
Historical figure
Lee Han- yeol