DodongSibidongsan
On the slope of Palgongsan, beside a millennium-old thuja grove — some thirty granite stele stand in quiet procession, each carrying a poem.
A poem inscribed on stone outlives its paper; its digital archive should outlive the stone.
The place
Sibidongsan (詩碑東山 — "the poetry-stele mountain") is located at 29-11 Dopyeong-ro 43-gil, Dong-gu, Daegu. Right beside it stands a cypress-cedar (측백수림) grove a thousand years old — Natural Monument №1 of Korea — and a short walk further lies the Bullo-dong tumuli, Silla-era royal tombs. The Hyangsan pavilion (향산정) catches the afternoon wind that passes through the stones.
The setting is not decorative — it shapes the reading. Wind in the cypress, cicadas in summer, the quiet of the tombs. The poems carved on the stones are meant to be read here, where sound and silence are a page.
The founder
In 2007 the poet Kwon Daeja (권대자) privately funded and built Dodong Sibidongsan, gathering the poems of Korea's master lyricists and of local poets onto granite. Over the following years, operation of the garden passed to a non-profit foundation that continues to add stele, maintain the grounds, and host annual memorials.
The stele
- Han Yong-un — "I Do Not Know" (1926)
- Cho Ji-hun — "The Nun's Dance" (1939)
- Park Mok-wol — "The Wayfarer" (1946)
- Kim Chun-su — "Flower" (1952)
- Admiral Yi Sun-sin — "Hansan Island Song" (1595)
- Jeong Mong-ju — "Song of a Loyal Heart" (14th c.)
- Shin Saimdang — "Longing for My Mother" (16th c.)
- …and local poets, bringing the count near forty.
Directions
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Visit
Dodong Poetry Stele Garden
대구광역시 동구 도평로43길 29-11
Search query: Dodong Poetry Stele Garden 대구광역시 동구 도평로43길 29-11
Step in.
Browse the stele, walk the virtual tour, leave a note in the guestbook.