| Pi-bawi or Bloody Rock at Jiri-san's Hwang-san, west of Hwasu-ri Village Just East of the Baekdu-daegan Trail, just north of Jiri Park in the Inner-Northwest Sector of Jiri-san |
| Elsewhere in this Section -- the Inner-Northwest Sector of Jiri-san: Baemsa-gol Scenic Valley and Samdo-bong Peak Banya-bong, Peak of Prajna Wisdom Myohyang-am, the Mystical-Fragrance Hermitage Shrines in the Unbong-myeon District Deokchi-ri Pass Monument Manbok-dae, Gori-bong, Segeol-bong, Barae-bong and & Deokdu-bong Yeowon-jae Pass: Juji-sa and Yeowon-am Hwangsan Victory Monument at Hwasu-ri |
The story of how General Yi Seong-gye killed the Japanese pirate-commander Ajibaldo at
this site just east of Hwasu-ri Village near Hwang-san has been told on the previous page.
Here are photos of the Pi-bawi or "Bloody Rock", a large flat-but-water-worn embedded boulder
on the side of the Rang-cheon Stream, taken by Roger Shepherd in 2009.
This is a small but significant part of Jiri-san's (and Namwon City's) extensive legacies of warfare
and patriotic national defense, the presence of which enhances the deep spiritual traditions.
this site just east of Hwasu-ri Village near Hwang-san has been told on the previous page.
Here are photos of the Pi-bawi or "Bloody Rock", a large flat-but-water-worn embedded boulder
on the side of the Rang-cheon Stream, taken by Roger Shepherd in 2009.
This is a small but significant part of Jiri-san's (and Namwon City's) extensive legacies of warfare
and patriotic national defense, the presence of which enhances the deep spiritual traditions.
Up-Close. Those natural reddish colorings are legendarily said to be stains of Ajibaldo's blood
Looking north across the Rang-cheon Stream to National Highway 24,
where you can see the monument standing on the roadside.
where you can see the monument standing on the roadside.
| The monument erected on May 31st 1995 by the Namwon Cultural Office, whose top reads simply "Hwang-san Dae-cheop gwa Pi-bawi" -- the Bloody Rock of the Great Victory at Hwang-san. |
Looking south from the highway, over the Bloody Rock to the house somebody built in that lovely place.
