Case file · Folklore / legend
The ginkgo of Yongmunsa that wails
Korea's tallest ginkgo, over a thousand years old, is said to give a loud cry before national disasters; locals told of it wailing when King Gojong died in 1919.
1919 CE · 37.54, 127.58 · status: legend
The account
Legend says it grew from the staff of the monk Uisang or of Silla's last crown prince. It survived the burning of the temple in 1907.