Geumgang Birdwatch Tour Tidal Flat Experience Tour Gogunsan Islands Round Trip   [Geumgang Estuary Bank] Geumgang Estuary Bank built up in 1990 is 1,841m in length and has 20 floodgates, and it can hold 130,000,000 ton water. It is built up to control the flood in and around Geumgang and provide the industrial complex of more than 40,000,000 pyong area with industrial water, and the four-lane road over the bank serves as the way to harmonize Jeollabuk-do with Chungcheongnam-do. Geumgang River meandering between Jeollabuk-do and Chungcheongnam-do is seen from the airplane. The color of water arriving at Gunsan changes into mud yellow, which makes us realize the meaning of the novel of Chae Man Sik, Muddy Water. Mullets as big as a man's arm are jumping in the island for fishes coming and going between fresh water and sea water, and thousands of rare birds including swans soar up and fly over the 10,950,000 pyong of area around Geumgang River in winter, which is a grand sight with national reputation and is becoming a natural ecology park. Tourist attractions Geumgang Estuary: The paradise for birds Geumgang Estuary has been a paradise for birds because it has a lot of food for birds damming an inverse current. The various permanent residents and seasonal birds such as swan, mallard, snipe, and oystercathcer come and live there, and it is a grand sight that they soar up in a group. The project to make Geumgang Estuary a bird park for protecting and observing them is being promoted, and the area around them will be a natural ecology park. Geumgang Park£ºGeumgang Park located near Geumgang Estuary Bank has the area covering 18,000 pyong. There is the Monument in memory of Signal Victory in Jinpo where General Choi Mu Seon inventing gunpowder defeated Japanese pirate raiders. Geumgang Park with sports facilities and wide spaces of grass is a resting place for families. The Monument in memory of Signal Victory in Jinpo £ºGunsan was frequently invaded by Japanese pirate raiders because it has been the bread basket of the country. In A.D. 1380, six years since King Woowang had started to rule Goryeo Dynasty, about 500 Japanese pirate ships invaded Jinpo Estuary in front of Gunsan to plunder food. They bound their ships with ropes together, and some of the pirates kept watch for the ships while the others plundered and burned all villages around there. The mountain and the plain were covered with the dead bodies of innocent people, and the ground was piled up with grain dropped while carried to the ships by the pirates. Then General Choi Mu Seon called out a hundred battle ships with Na Se and Shim Deok Bu and burned all the pirates ships using the gunpowder invented by himself. After all, the flames shot high up in the sky, and there are so many pirates burned to death with those drowned while sleeping. It is the very Signal Victory in Jinpo. The Monument was erected in commemoration of the spirit of the signal victory as well as in celebration of the 100th anniversary of opening Gunsan Port. Birdwatch Room£ºYou can watch the various permanent residents and seasonal birds such as swan, mallard, snipe, and oystercathcer and be informed in the Birdwatch Room in Geumgang Park.
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