Hwangseong Park
The site is originally where Doksan was situated, an artificial forest established in regards to feng shui during the Silla period. The Doksan forest was used as a training place for hwarang warriors, and a recreation venue as well as a hunting place for the Silla Kings, especially the 26th ruler, King Jinpyeong's favorite place. Since 1975, Hwangseong Park has been designated as "city neighborhood park" and currently consists of multi-purposed Gyeongju Public Stadium, Football Park with 7 football fields and one futsal field, and one gymnasium, as well as Horimjang field for gukgung or Korean traditional archery and a ssireum wrestling ring. In addition, it contains a gateball field, an inline skating rink, jogging courses, and cycling roads. Among them, the construction of Gyeongju Public Stadium was completed in 1982. and can accommodate 20,000 audience.
Facilities
- Sports
- Memorials and monuments
- Statue of General Kim Yusin
- Park Mok-wol's poem monument
- Chunghon Tower
- Gyeongju Municipal Library
- Hwangseong-dong resident office
Gallery
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Chunghon Tower
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2008 Gyeongju Citizens' Athletics Festival held at Gyeongju Public Stadium
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Ssireum wrestling ring
References
- ^ (in Korean) 황성공원 (隍城公園, Hwangseong park) Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pak Jeong-u (박정우) (2009-01-16) (in Korean) 황성공원 사유지 매입, 시민공간 변모 (Private properties of Hwangseong Park are purchased to transform for the public space, Dailian News
- ^ (in Korean) 황성공원 (Hwangseong Park) Archived October 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Gyeongju U-Tourism
- ^ (in Korean) 황성공원 (Hwangseong Park) Archived June 7, 2004, at archive.today Gyeongju City
- ^ Kim Hyeon-gwan (김현관) (2006-04-10) (in Korean) '안락한 휴식처 거듭날게요' ('Reborning as a cozy relaxing place') Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine Daegu Ilbo
- ^ (in Korean) 황성공원 隍城公園 (Hwangseong Park) Doosan Encyclopedia
- ^ XVI.Education and Culture >21. Sports facilities Archived 2023-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Gyeongju City. p.481
- ^ (in Korean) 문화 (Culture) Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Gyeongju City
External links
- (in Korean) 황성공원 (Hwangseong Park)