The Hwangseong Park is a park located in the neighborhood of Hwangseong-dong,

Gyeongju Gyeongju ( ko, 경주, ), historically known as ''Seorabeol'' ( ko, 서라벌, ), is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, ...

North Gyeongsang North Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상북도, translit=Gyeongsangbuk-do, ) is a province in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remained a province of Korea until the ...

province,

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. Many of public sport facilities are located in the park with an area of 1,022,350 m² including a luxuriant pine trees forest.(in Korean
황성공원 (隍城公園 , Hwangseong park)
The site is originally where Doksan was situated, an artificial forest established in regards to '' feng shui'' during the

Silla Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of K ...

period. The Doksan forest was used as a training place for

hwarang Hwarang, also known as Hwarang Corps, and Flowering Knights, were an elite warrior group of male youth in Silla, an ancient kingdom of the Korean Peninsula that lasted until the 10th century. There were educational institutions as well as social ...

warriors, and a recreation venue as well as a hunting place for the Silla Kings, especially the 26th ruler, King Jinpyeong's favorite place. Since 1975, Hwangseong Park has been designated as "city neighborhood park" and currently consists of multi-purposed Gyeongju Public Stadium, Football Park with 7 football fields and one futsal field, and one

gym A gymnasium, also known as a gym, is an indoor location for athletics. The word is derived from the ancient Greek term " gymnasium". They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learning spaces in educational ins ...

nasium, as well as Horimjang field for ''

gukgung The Korean Bow ( ko, 각궁, Gak-gung hanja: , or ''horn bow'') is a water buffalo horn-based composite bow, composite Bow shape#Reflex bows, reflex bow, standardized centuries ago from a variety of similar weapons in earlier use. Due to its long ...

'' or Korean traditional

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

and a

ssireum ''Ssireum'' (Hangul: ) or Korean wrestling is a folk wrestling style and traditional national sport of Korea that began in the fourth century. In the modern form each contestant wears only a belt (satba) that wraps around the waist and the th ...

wrestling ring. In addition, it contains a gateball field, an inline skating rink, jogging courses, and cycling roads.(in Korean
황성공원 隍城公園 (Hwangseong Park)

Doosan Encyclopedia ''Doosan Encyclopedia'' is a Korean language encyclopedia published by Doosan Donga (두산동아). The encyclopedia is based on the ''Dong-A Color Encyclopedia'' (동아원색세계대백과사전), which comprises 30 volumes and began to be p ...

Among them, the construction of Gyeongju Public Stadium was completed in 1982.XVI.Education and Culture >21. Sports facilities
Gyeongju City. p.481(in Korean
문화 (Culture)
Gyeongju City and can accommodate 20,000 audience.

Facilities

*Sports **Gyeongju Public Stadium **Gyeongju Gymnasium **Gyeongju Football Park **Horimjeong - ''

'' (Korean traditional archery) field, **Ssrieum wrestling ring-

Ssireum ''Ssireum'' (Hangul: ) or Korean wrestling is a folk wrestling style and traditional national sport of Korea that began in the fourth century. In the modern form each contestant wears only a belt (satba) that wraps around the waist and the th ...

**Gateball field **Inline skating rink **Jogging courses **Bicycling roads *Memorials and monuments **Statue of General

Kim Yusin Gim Yu-sin (sometimes romanized Kim Yu-shin, Gim Yu-sin, or Gim Yu-shin) (595 – 18 August 673) was a Korean military general and politician in 7th-century Silla. He led the unification of the Korean Peninsula by Silla under the reign of King ...

Park Mok-wol Pak Mok-wol (, 6 January 1916 – 24 March 1978) was an influential Korean poet and academic. Personal life He was born Pak Yeongjong on January 6, 1916, in Moryang Village, Seo-myeon, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, in present-day South ...

's poem monument **Chunghon Tower *Gyeongju Municipal Library *Hwangseong-dong resident office

Gallery

File:Korea-Gyeongju-Hwangseong Park-Chunghon Tower-01.jpg, Chunghon Tower File:Korea-2008 Gyeongju Citizens' Athletics Festival-Track and field-02.jpg, 2008 Gyeongju Citizens' Athletics Festival held at Gyeongju Public Stadium File:Korea-2008 Gyeongju Citizens' Athletics Festival-Ssireum-02.jpg, Ssireum wrestling ring

References

External links

황성공원 (Hwangseong Park)
{{coord missing, South Korea Tourist attractions in Gyeongju Parks in North Gyeongsang Province