Nakwaam
| Nakwa rock | |
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| Korean alphabet : | 낙화암 |
| Hanja : | 落花 岩 |
| Revised Romanization : | nakhwa-am |
| McCune-Reischauer : | nak'wa-am |
The Nakwaam is a rocky outcrop in South Korea . It is located on the Paengmagang River in Busosanseong Park, in the west of South Korea in the Chungcheongnam Province . Legend has it that thousands of women committed mass suicide on the Nakwaam in the 7th century . The rock is a popular destination for tourists.
background
The Kingdom of Baekje was one of the most influential domains in the central southwest of Korea from the 1st to the 7th centuries. In the 7th century, Baekje lost much of its dominance due to the increasing dominance of the neighboring kingdom of Silla . An attack by Silla together with the Chinese in 660 AD sealed the fall of the Baekje kingdom.
Legend
In the course of the hostile takeover of the Baekje Kingdom, around 3,000 civil servants are said to have thrown themselves to their deaths from Nakwaam Rock in the Paengmagang River. They accepted death rather than fall into the clutches of the enemy. The Nakwaam has always been called the "rock of falling flowers", based on the women of the Baekje kingdom who plunged into suicide.
Web links
- Buyeo on Wikivoyage , last accessed February 29, 2016
- Korean History Project, article Paekche and Silla , last accessed October 28, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Asia Tour - Korea / Central Region / Nak'waam Rock. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 25, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 36 ° 17 ′ 33 " N , 126 ° 54 ′ 44.4" E