Perspectives on the Revitalization of Rural Village by Improving Management Scheme for the Dangsan Forest in Singeum Village, Goheung-gun
2013
Choi, J.U., Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Kim, D.Y., Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Kim, M.H., Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Ahn, O.S., Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea
This study was to investigate the characteristics and management condition of the Singeum villages Dangsan forest, and to seek the revitalization of rural village by improving management scheme. The Dangsan forest in Singeum-ri, Goheung-gun was composed of a Dangsan forest and a Bibo forest. The Dangsan forest was designated as natural monument 362, and named Evergreen forest of Bongnae-myeon, Goheung. The Dangsan forest area has been disturbed by the building of student training center. Even the local resident could not enter the forest due to the fence at the forest boundary except for Dangsan ritual which used to be serviced once a year. The Bibo forest was included in a beach area, and disturbed by lack of management. The Dangsan forest did not stay in good condition with various problems, such as wrong naming as a natural monument and misuse. The driving force of the Dangsan forest maintaining the beauty for several hundred years originated from the conservation of the forest with Dangsan ritual by local residents Today, the Dangsan forest is in danger of being vanished and not regarded any more as a holy place due to inaccessibility for Dangsan ritual. The Dangsan forest in Singeum village needs to enhance its value as a traditional and cultural landscape, and improving the management scheme will contribute to revitalization of the village.
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