Yeongjongdo(영종도) Baekunsan(백운산)

Baekunsan, Yeongjong-do, Incheon, is not a high mountain (225.5m), but is a well established forest. Yeongjongdo was originally a natural island(紫燕島). It was named because many violets, or sea swallows, lived. In Feng Shui, the turtle is lying down with its head in the east and tail in the west. In the 4th year of Joseon Hyojong (1653), by establishing Yeongjongjin(영종진), similar to the Naval Command of the Navy, was installed and changed to the name of Yeongjong(영종). Baekunsan(백운산) is an island in Yeongjong-dong(영종동), Jung-gu(중구), Incheon(인천). It is an island created by reclamation by connecting the shallow seas as a seawall between Yongyudo(용유도), Sammokdo(삼목도) and Sinbuldo(신불도). During the Goryeo Dynasty, Yeongjongdo was used as a base for trade with the Song Dynasty in China. There was a house staying for a while to come or go from China. and the house name was called Gyeongwonjeong(경원정). After that, it was renamed Taepyeong-ru(태평루), and in 1875(Gojong 12), it was destroyed by the shelling of Japanese warship Unyangho(운양호) and disappeared. #Baekunsan #Yeongjongdo #Naturalisland(紫燕島)