Andong in Gyeongbuk Has the Most 'Old Trees', Begins Discovery and Documentation of Non-Designated Natural Heritage

Old Trees, Protected Trees, and Dang Trees, Unified Protection Records

Andong City has launched a project to discover and document old trees as natural heritage.

Andong City, which has the largest number of protected trees in Gyeongbuk with 215 specimens, is conducting a project to discover and document old trees, which are undesignated natural heritage, for the protection and management of future natural heritage.

In this undesignated natural heritage discovery and documentation project, species such as protected trees, old trees, and Danggamu (Korean thorn trees), as well as their growth environments and folk beliefs, will be comprehensively recorded as valuable future natural heritage.

The documentation targets a total of about 200 sites, but the detailed investigation will focus on about 10 sites selected by Andong City, including the Crape Myrtle group at Byeongsan Seowon in Andong, the Quince tree at Bukchon House in Hahoe Village, Hahoe Pine trees, the sacred trees at Samsindang Shrine, and recommended sites from eup, myeon, and dong areas (such as the Pine trees in Daegok-ri, Imdong-myeon).

Additional sites will be selected through expert opinions from an advisory committee formed at the start of the project.

The final report will be used as basic data for future natural heritage designation and will be distributed to related organizations such as the Korea Forest Service, Gyeongsangbuk-do Forest Environment Research Institute, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, and the Cultural Heritage Administration for systematic protection and management of natural heritage.

This documentation work is known to have been planned through communication and cooperation among administrative, facility, and curatorial research staff, as well as green space officials, all affiliated with the Cultural Heritage Division of Andong City.

An official in charge of cultural heritage designation in Andong City stated, “The results of the undesignated natural heritage discovery and documentation project in Andong City are expected to be widely used as data to secure diversity in cultural heritage through the discovery of future natural heritage and to protect and manage it.”

Andong City Hall.

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