| Jiri-san Namwon City Gyoryong Sanseong Seon-gok-sa Charming Temple in Historic Fortress |
| Elsewhere in this Section -- the Outer-Northwest Sector of Jiri-san: Manin Imjin War Shrine Baemsa-gol Gyegok Valley, Samdo-bong Peak Shilsang-sa, Reality Zen Monastery Deokeum-am Hermitage Related: Hwangsan Victory and Blood-Rock |
| a lovely site of Korean Resistance during the 1592-98 "Imjin" Invasion near the the Baekdu-daegan MainRange in the Inner-Northwest Sector of Jiri-san |
Logo of a "deluxe water" from this fortress area, famed for having
"99 wells" of good-quality waters; the main makgeolli (unfiltered
rice-wine) of Namwon is made from water from here.
"99 wells" of good-quality waters; the main makgeolli (unfiltered
rice-wine) of Namwon is made from water from here.
| The ancient 7-story pagoda (probably from the Goryeo Dynasty) and the new Sanshin-gak [Mountain-spirit Shrine] of Seon-gok-sa Temple, inside the Gyorong Mountain-Fortress all these photos were generously provided by my friend Roger Shepherd who visited here in March 2018 |
| An excellent elaborate modern Sanshin painting is inside! Pink robe on the statue is weird, unique.... not sure if i've ever seen that before.... |
| Location, just 2km west of downtown Namwon, and just NW of the Manin Tomb-Shrine. The summit of Mt. Gyoryong is 518m high. |
On the name of this mountain-fortress: "Gyoryong" can be a generic Korean term
"dragon-shaped", which could fit if these fortress walls were notably twisty.
However, this character 蛟 교 means "a water-spirit, generally portrayed as a dragon"
/ "mythical flood-dragon" -- this makes sense in that there were said to be 99 wells
there, indicating that it was (and is?) famous for plenitude of water -- and so this name
교룡산성 can be translated as "Water-spirit-Dragon Mountain-Fortress."
"dragon-shaped", which could fit if these fortress walls were notably twisty.
However, this character 蛟 교 means "a water-spirit, generally portrayed as a dragon"
/ "mythical flood-dragon" -- this makes sense in that there were said to be 99 wells
there, indicating that it was (and is?) famous for plenitude of water -- and so this name
교룡산성 can be translated as "Water-spirit-Dragon Mountain-Fortress."
