Visiting Site for Swan (백조도래지) - Jindo, Korea - Lions Clubs International Markers on Waymarking.com

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This roadside park has some walking paths, a rest pavilion and this stone monument erected in honor of the Jindo County Lions Club's 20th anniversary on March 15, 1994.

This location is registered as an official Korean historic site and there are several interpretive signs here along with the official historical marker. Visitors gather here in the late fall or winter to see the spectacular flocks of white swans.

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Visiting Site for Swan

Natural animal treasure No. 101
Location: The whole are of Sooyuri, Jindo-Eup Jindo-Kun
and Doonjun-Ri and Deokbyuyng Ri Kunnae-Myun

Swans are winter migrators migrating to Korea in the late fall to spend the whole winter and flying back to the cold region of the northern part of the earth where they breed there.

These birds with big body and shiny white feathers were welcomed as a good sign to the farmers believing that these birds were the sign of a good harvest. They are also symbolized as a bird of peace that most of Koreans loved them and preserved them.

Of the many migrating sites of the swans, the whole area of Sooyuri, Jindo-Eup and Deokbyuyng Ri Kunnae Myun as well as Doonjun Reservoir are the most famous areas where big groups of swans migrate. These are the only winter site for these birds throughout the whole region of the end of the south west area of the Korean peninsular and are the haven of rest for these swans that are moving along the south coast line.

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백조도래지

소재지:
진도군 진도읍 수유리
군내면 덕병리 둔전리

백조 (고니) 는 늦가을에 우리나라로 날아와 겨울을 나고 다시금 번식지인 북녘의 한대지방으로 날아가는 겨울 철새이다.

몸집이 크고 빛깔이 눈부시도록 아름다운 이새가 많이 날아오는 해에는 풍년이 든다고 하였으며 평화를 상징하기도 하여 우리나라에서는 예로부터 보호를 해왔다.

특히 진도읍 수유리, 군내면 덕병리 이대 및 둔전저수지에 백조떼가 많이 날아오는 곳으로 유명하다. 이 일대는 고니류 집단의 한반도 서남단부의 유일한 월동지이며 또한 남부해안을 거처 이동하는 고니류 집단의 기착처이며 휴식지이다.

Street Address (if known): Route 18 Sooyuri Jindo, Jeollanamdo Korea Condition?: Some limstone leaching onto the plaques, but otherwise in good condition.

Visit Instructions:
1) Please provide a photo you have taken of the Friendship Arch, Monument or Plaque.

2) If known, please indicate the operating Lions Club responsible for the placement of the Friendship Arch, Monument or Plaque.

3) Any other information regarding your visit would be greatly appreciated.

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