Falling Flower Rock [korean folktale]

salam...

of all the short stories we take during our primary school years,

this is the one that i remember the most.

do you still remember the story?

Falling Flower Rock

 the cliff of NakHwaAm (FallFlowerCliff/Boulder/Rock) today..

view from above the cliff.

where the brave court mistresses took their flight.

<--the rock cliff.

     where the 'flower falls'.

 

serve the japanese Tang king.

or die honourly.

they chose to die honourly by jumping off this cliff.

~i did try to find the cover picture used for our 1ry school short story book but i couldnt find it anywhere heh~gomenn

~for those who cant recall it,here's a bit of a refreshment...

In 660, the southeastern kingdom of Silla, with its capital at Gyeongju, determined to end the warfare of Three Kingdoms Period, once and for all. Silla and its ally, Tang China, launched a two-pronged invasion of Baekje. The allied force, led by legendary Silla commander Kim Yu-sin and great Chinese general Su Dingfang (who would later earn glory expanding Chinese influence in Central Asia), defeated Baekje’s army (led by the tragically heroic General Gyebaek) at the Battle of Hwangsanbeol and laid siege to the royal capital of Sabi, modern Buyeo.

King Uija and the crown prince managed to escape to Ungjin,modern Gongju, but the rest of the court took protection behind the walls of Buso Fortress. There was nothing the defenders could do, however, and the fortress fell. The Samguk Yusa, an ancient history book, accounts that, rather than surrender themselves to the Silla and Chinese troops, some 3,000 court ladies leapt to their deaths from Nakwa-am, their fluttering robes resembling falling flower petals as they crashed into the waves of the Baengma River below.

p/s: as usual its just another of i-cant-help-it thing.hehe gomennasai minna san~