Case file · Apparition / miracle

The pine tree that raised its branch for a king

When King Sejo's palanquin passed under a pine at Songnisan in 1464, the tree is said to have lifted a low branch, and he gave it the rank of minister.

1464 CE · 36.52, 127.83 · status: legend

The account

The tree is Natural Monument no. 103; storms and disease have taken several of its limbs, and saplings from it have been cloned.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Jeongipumsong
  2. Wikipedia: Songnisan
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