If You Harvest 'Eorinsak' in Sipri Bamboo Grove... Ulsan City Launches Bamboo Shoot Guardians Volunteer Group

Protection Efforts for Bamboo Grove at Taehwagang National Garden

Unauthorized Harvesting and Damage Punishable Until End of June

Protect the Bamboo Shoots! To prevent the ‘theft’ of bamboo shoots used as food, Ulsan City is carrying out bamboo shoot protection activities in the bamboo forest of Taehwagang National Garden.

On the 18th, Ulsan City announced that members of the ‘Bamboo Shoot Guardians Volunteer Group,’ composed of eight teams from the Sipri Bamboo Forest Guardians Volunteer Association, will patrol Taehwagang National Garden every day from 5 PM to midnight until the end of June to crack down on unauthorized harvesting or damage to bamboo shoots.

Bamboo shoots are a valuable asset that will carry on the future of Taehwagang National Garden, and promotional activities about the value and importance of bamboo shoots will also be conducted for visitors to the bamboo forest.

In the bamboo forest of Taehwagang National Garden, bamboo shoots grow for three months every year from April to June.

The bamboo forest is formed in the Taehwa District (100,000㎡) and Samho District (125,000㎡), and currently various types of bamboo such as Wangdae, Maengjongjuk, Ojuk, and Gugapjuk are distributed there.

An official from Ulsan City said, “When bamboo shoots emerge, some citizens secretly harvest them for food purposes,” and added, “To preserve the bamboo forest of Taehwagang National Garden, we ask all citizens to become guardians and protect the bamboo shoots.”

If someone is caught illegally harvesting or damaging bamboo shoots, they may face severe punishment under Article 366 (Damage to Property, etc.) and Article 329 (Theft of Public Property) of the Criminal Act.

Taehwagang National Garden Ten-ri Bamboo Grove.

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