Sojeongbang Waterfall
Coastal cascade dropping straight into the sea, carved with an ancient traveler's inscription.
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This guide to Sojeongbang Waterfall in Seogwipo starts with four Chinese characters carved into the wet rock beside the cascade, and the legend of Seo Bul, an envoy sent by China's first emperor more than two thousand years ago to find an elixir of immortality. You'll hear how locals connect that inscription to the naming of Seogwipo itself, and about the holy dragon villagers believed slept beneath the neighboring falls, said to cure sickness. The guide follows the Baekjung day ritual still practiced here today, when people stand under the cold water for luck.
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