Uiryeong Seonghwang-ri Pine Now Protects the National Sejong Arboretum
Cultural Heritage Administration and Korea Forest Service Hold Tree Planting Ceremony Ahead of Completion of National Sejong Arboretum
151 Natural Monument Successor Trees Planted in Garden
[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jong-gil] The Seonghwang-ri Pine in Uiryeong is a guardian tree that protects the land and village. It has safeguarded the Uiryeong Nam clan village for many years and was designated as Natural Monument No. 359 in April 1988. Its successor tree will protect the garden of the National Sejong Arboretum, scheduled for completion next month. The Cultural Heritage Administration and the Korea Forest Service held a commemorative tree-planting ceremony on the 21st, establishing its roots.
A successor tree refers to a tree grown directly from cuttings taken from the original natural monument mother tree. The Seonghwang-ri Pine in Uiryeong obtained its successor tree in 2013 when the Cultural Heritage Administration and the Korea Forest Service signed a business agreement for the preservation and transmission of cultural heritage and the protection and management of forest resources, promoting the conservation of genetic resources of natural monuments and the cultivation of successor trees. Sixty-nine other cases, including the Yangpyeong Yongmunsa Ginkgo Tree (Natural Monument No. 30), have also been continued with 539 successor trees.
On this day, 151 successor trees symbolizing seven years of collaborative achievements were planted in the successor tree garden at the National Sejong Arboretum. These include one Seonghwang-ri Pine from Uiryeong, thirty Ginkgo trees from Yangpyeong Yongmunsa, three Ippangnamu (Chinese fringe trees) from Pyeongjung-ri, Suncheon (Natural Monument No. 36), ten Ginkgo trees from Guryang-ri, Ulju (Natural Monument No. 64), five Gomsol (Korean pine) from Sancheondan, Jeju (Natural Monument No. 160), three Ippangnamu from Jungsan-ri, Gochang (Natural Monument No. 183), ten Ippangnamu from Pyeongji-ri, Jinan (Natural Monument No. 2014), and twenty Zelkova trees from Taejang-ri, Yeongpung (Natural Monument No. 274).
Additionally, three Ginkgo trees from Segan-ri, Uiryeong (Natural Monument No. 302), ten Ippangnamu from Cheongok-ri, Gimhae (Natural Monument No. 307), three Zelkova trees from Haksaru, Hamyang (Natural Monument No. 407), forty Ash trees from Jeongok-ri, Hwaseong (Natural Monument No. 470), ten Pagoda trees from Changdeokgung (Natural Monument No. 472), and three Ginkgo trees from Bongan-ri, Damyang (Natural Monument No. 482) also took root together.
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The National Sejong Arboretum, which will manage these trees, is a space that raises awareness of the importance of plant conservation outside their natural habitats and biodiversity. It plans to open twenty themed plant exhibition gardens, including the successor tree garden.
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