Mt. Seongheungsan Love Tree [성흥산 사랑나무]
Kang Hee-soo (Shin Se-kyung) meets up here with Chu Dal-ha (Na Hyun-woo) in episode 5 of Captivating the King/Sejak (세작, 매혹된 자들/細作, 魅惑된 子들) (tvN, 2024).
It is at the feet of this tree that Oh-hyeon (Kim Jung-hyun) is defeated by his adversaries and dies in front of his love princess Seol-hee (Im Soo-hyang) in episode 1 of Kokdu: Season of Deity (Kkokduui Gyejeol/꼭두의 계절) (MBC, 2023). The tree also has it’s digitally rendered version in his afterlife as he remains seated next to it waiting for his love after becoming Kokdu, a god of the underworld.
Nak-su (Go Yoon-jung) comes to the feet of this tree early in the morning in episode 5 of Alchemy of Souls/Soul Marriage (Hwanhon/환혼) (tvN, 2022) and is joined by Jang Work (Lee Jae-wook) who promises her to fulfill her wish to take up to the tree’s top to watch the moon.
The Queen (Park Eun-hye) comes to this ‘Sacred Tree’ (how it appears here) to pray for her son Crown Prince Yi Hon (Song Geon-hee) to recover from his sickness in episode 1 of Mystic Pop-up Bar (쌍갑포차) (JTBC, 2020). Later, young Wol-ju (Park Si-eun) will end her life at the tree. In episode 11, the Crown Prince is seen grieving under this tree for Wol-ju.
Seo Hwi (Yang Se-jong) and Han Hee-jae (Seol Hyun) come to this tree while looking for the kite that Seo Hwi’s sisters Seo Yeon (Cho Yi-hyun) had lost while flying it at Gungnamji Pond [궁남지] in episode 2 of My Country: The New Age (나의 나라) (JTBC, 2019). After having found the kite, they stay watching light lanterns from here that are send off from the pond.
Jang Man-wol (IU/ Lee Ji-Eun) thinks back to a time in episode 5 of Hotel Del Luna (호텔 델루나) (tvN, 2019), when she and Yeon Woo (Lee Tae-sun) stood under this tree and he promised her to built a house of this favorite tree of hers.
The Queen Yoo So-woon (Lee Se-young) sends her father off to his exile under this tree in episode 2 of The Crowned Clown (왕이 된 남자) (tvN, 2019).
In episode 3 of The Undateables/Handsome Guy and Jung-Eum (훈남정음) (SBS, 2018), when his father tells him to stop obsessing over toys, Hoon-Nam (Namgung Min) thinks back to a moment when he was a kid and waited for his father under this tree and his father came with a toy robot as a present.
In episode 40 of The King In Love/The King Loves (왕은 사랑한다) (MBC, 2017), Wang Won (Im Shi Wan former member of ZE:A), is seen standing in front of a giant tree as he narrates in a voiceover “That day, the new king climbed a hill and waited for someone for a long time”. He gazes down at Eun San (Im Yoon Ah) and Wang Rin (Hong Jong Hyun), and stares at them from a distance as they bow down to their new king. In the following moment, he watches Rin and San with a bittersweet smile as they turn to walk away.
Jo Ji-ah (Chae Soo-bin) and Kim Min-kyu (Yoo Seung-ho) clear up their misunderstanding underneath this tree (and a beautiful meteor shower) in episode 26/27 of I’m Not A Robot (로봇이 아니야) (MBC, 2017-18), which ends with a kiss.
[SPOILER] It is under this tree, that Kim Sung-yeol (Lee Joon-ki) and Jo Yang-sun (Lee Yoo-bi) reunite in the final scene of final episode 20 of Scholar Who Walks the Night (밤을 걷는 선비) (MBC, 2015).
Yamjeon (Kim Hyun-joo) comes to pray at the feet of this tree at the end of episode 1 of Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers/Cruel Palace – War of Flowers (궁중잔혹사 – 꽃들의 전쟁)> (JTBC, 2013).
[SPOILER] In final episode 24 of Faith/The Great Doctor (Sin-ui/신의) (SBS, 2012), Choi Young (Lee Min-ho) fights his last fight with Ki Cheol (Yu Oh-seong) underneath this tree. This is also where Choi Young reunites with Yoo Eun-soo (Kim Hee-sun) upon his return in the final scene.
In episode 1 of Iljimae/Il Ji-Mae: The Phantom Thief (일지매) (SBS, 2008), young Il Ji-Mae/Yong-Yi comes here with his father Soe-Dol (Lee Moon-Sik) who apologizes to his son for being poor and uneducated. In the same episode, this is also where Yong-yi gets taken away and his antagonized father hides behind this tree to see him off. In episode 4, adult Il Ji-Mae/Yong-Yi is back at this place and regains his memory.
This tree became famous with The Great King Sejong (대왕세종 / 대왕 세종) (KBS2, 2008) where it was seen in the last scene of final episode 86.
It was also featured in My Dearest (연인/戀人) (MBC, 2023); in episode 9 of See You In My 19th Life/Please Take Care of Me in This Life as Well (이번 생도 잘 부탁해) (tvN/Netflix, 2023); in episode 2 of Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist (조선 정신과 의사 유세풍) (tvN, 2022); in episode 1 of Missing: The Other Side (미씽: 그들이 있었다) (OCN, 2020); My Sassy Girl (엽기적인 그녀) (SBS, 2017); Six Flying Dragons (육룡이 나르샤) (SBS, 2015); Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love (장옥정, 사랑에 살다) (SBS, 2013); The Great Seer (대풍수) (SBS, 2012-13); Scent of a Woman (여인의향기) (SBS, 2011); Gye-Baek/Gyebaek (계백) (MBC, 2011); The Iron Empress (천추태후) (KBS2, 2009); Painter of the Wind/Garden of the Wind (바람의 화원) (SBS, 2008).
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— ‘한 번쯤 멈출 수 밖에’ (KBS2, 2022 — Source)
Mt. Seongheungsan Love Tree [성흥산 사랑나무/부여 가림성 느티나무] is a Zelkova tree that is around 400 years old. It is situated on Mt. Seongheungsan [성흥산] and is part of the Garimseong Fortress, Buyeo (formerly, Seongheungsanseong Fortress) [부여 가림성] — Historic Site No.4 (designated 01.21.1963) —, a fortress from the Baekje era.
All of these sites are located in the village of Gunsa [Gunsa-ri/군사리] in Buyeo County’s Imcheon Township [Imcheon-myeon/임천면]; around 3.5 hrs south of Seoul by public transport. An annual New Year’s celebration is held here on January 1st (at General Yu Geum-phil’s Shrine).
Address
167, Seongheung-ro 97beon-gil, Imcheon-myeon, Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do
충남 부여군 임천면 성흥로97번길 167
(임천면 군사리 산 1-1)
Geolocation: 36.196834, 126.899938
— submitted by Marion KDL; last updated 09/02/2024
— My Sassy Girl added by deanekitty29
— The King in Love added by Ros R
— Six Flying Dragons; Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love added by Tatyana
— Scholar Who Walks the Night added by A
— Blooded Palace added by Sean
Isn’t the the ‘sacred tree’ from one of the ep Extraordinary Attorney Woo Young Woo? I’m almost sure is the same^^
Hi Naiara, yes, indeed they look similar! But the tree in EAW is this one.
By chance is this the tree from the end of Cruel Palace EP 1?
Yes, indeed! Well spotted 🙂 We’ve added the drama now.
Is there actually any time for tourists to see this tree? It seem to spend all the time as a film location for yet another Korean drama!
I am pretty sure it’s in the end of The Scholar That Walks at Night as well!
You are right, indeed! We’ve added it now. Many thanks, A!
Also the last scene of “Faith” (aka The Great Doctor), with Lee Min Ho and Kim Hee-Sun
thank you Serena! we already have it listed, under ‘Faith (Sin-ui/신의) (SBS, 2012)’ 🙂 will update it to say ‘The Great Doctor’ as well!
TREE ALSO IN “SIX FLYING DRAGONS” + “JANG OK JUNG”
Many thanks for the additions, Tatyana! It is nice to get that timespan (2013-2016) a bit filled up.