'Jeju Dragon Head Shore’, 제주 용머리 해안

There are many places with great natural landscapes all over the world. Do you ever feel the wonder of nature when you see great landscapes? I think ‘Dragon Head Shore’ is one of these places. Have you ever seen a shore like it? 'Dragon Head Shore’ is located at the bottom of Mount Sanbang on Jeju island. It was named because it looked like a dragon jumping and flying toward(=towards) the ocean. Let me tell you about the sad legend of Dragon Head Shore. During the Qin Dynasty in China, King Shi Huang heard a rumor that a king would be born on Jeju Island. He sent a geomancer called Hojongadan to Jeju to block the Hyeol. In geomancy, Hyeol means a places of good spirits. He searched for it as soon as he came to Jeju Island. One day, while looking at Dragon Head Shore he finally found the Hyeol of Mount Sanbang. It looked like a dragon head about to fly toward the pacific Ocean. He decisively cut the dragon's tail and back with his sword. Then dark red blood spewed out with a loud scream. ----전 세계에 아주 빼어난 자연경관을 가진 곳들이 많이 있어요. 멋진 자연경관을 볼 때 자연의 경이로움을 느끼나요? 용머리 해안 또한 그것들 중의 하나라고 생각해요. 용머리 해안과 비슷한 해안을 본 적 있나요? '용머리 해안'은 제주도 산방산 아래에 위치해 있어요. 그 이름은 용 한 마리가 마치 뛰어올라 대양을 향해 날아가는 모습을 닮아서 그런 이름이 지어졌어요. '용머리 해안'에 대한 슬픈 전설을 말해 줄게요. 중국 진나라 때 진시황제가 제주도에서 왕이 태어날 거라는 소식을 들었어요. 진시황제는 지관이라 불리는 '호장단'을 ‘혈’을 끊기 위해 제주도에 보냈어요. ‘풍수지리’에 따르면 ‘혈’은 좋은 기가 있는 곳을 의미해요. 그 '호장단'은 제주도에 오는 즉시 그 '혈'을 찾아다녔어요. 어느 날 ‘용머리 해안’을 바라보다가 산방산 아래 대양을 향해 뻗어있는 혈을 마침내 찾았어요. 그것은 마치 한 마리 용이 태평양을 향해 날아갈 것 같은 모습이었어요. 그는 과감히 그 용의 꼬리와 등을 칼로 잘랐어요. 그러자 검붉은 피가 큰 비명소리와 함께 솟구쳤어요. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzwlyept-g8

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