Photo: Seoul Parks (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
Gaehwa Neighborhood Park
개화근린공원
Park · Gangseo-gu
Gaehwasan was originally called Juryongsan. In the Silla period a hermit named Juryong lived on the mountain and each year on the ninth day of the ninth month climbed to a high spot with two or three boys to drink wine, a custom called guiryongsaneum, hence the name Juryongsan
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