Falling Flowers Rock

Countryside Falling Flowers Rock Folk Village Haeinsa Temple Kyongju Mt Songni Pulguksa Temple Pusan Seoul Unjin Miruk

Rock of Falling Flowers

(Nakhwaam Rock)

Photos from my visit in 1988

 

Rock of Falling Flowers - the site of a tragic legend, some 3,000 ladies of Paekche court flung themselves into the river from this bluff to avoid dishonor at the hands of their enemies during the fall of the Paekche Dynasty

 

Paekche Dynasty

 

building commemorating the legend

 

view from the bluff

 

the river below

 

boats for river tour

 

pathway to the river from the bluff

 

overlook

 

start of the downward path

 

climbers atop for a drink of water

 

a pigeon house

 

shooting gallery

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