Hello all you new visitors from Facebook. Thanks for coming to look at my pictures from Haesindang Park.
I also wrote about the Penis Forest on my other blog, with directions and advice, here: http://www.justenoughkorean.com/blog/2009/11/haesindang-park-penis-forest/
Feel free to check out the rest of my pictures from South Korea here:
korea.jermilsadler.com
Or take a look at the blog I made about my time in South Korea here:
www.justenoughkorean.com/blog
http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=626428
* Legend of Aebawi and Haesindang – There once lived a young maid who was engaged. One day, the maid took her husband’s boat out to sea to harvest seaweed. Her husband dropped her off at a rock that was at a distance from the beach. After promising to pick her up later, he returned to the beach to do his work. Later, the weather changed, and brought with it strong winds and pummeling waves. The man couldn’t rescue his wife and she ultimately drowned. Since then, the village people caught no fish and some said that it was because of the dead maid. To soothe the spirit of the dead maid, the village people made several wooden carvings and held religious ceremonies on her behalf. After a while, the fish slowly returned and the villagers were able to live comfortably again. The place where the maid died was named Aebawi Rock and the building where the religious ceremony is held twice a year was named Haesindang. The ceremony is still honored today as a traditional folk event.
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That was such a bizarre place, but after a while I got strangely comforbable being surrounded by all of the penis totems. Really cool shots.
Thank you. It was soooooo weird.