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Gochang County (Korean: 고창군; RR: Gochang-gun) is a county in Jeonbuk State, South Korea. It is a rural area, and is home to only one institution of higher education: Gochang Polytechnic College. Notable people from Gochang include the 20th-century poet Midang. The temple of Seonunsa is also located in Gochang.
North Jeolla Province, officially Jeonbuk State (Korean: 전북특별자치도, lit. "Jeonbuk (North Jeolla) Special Self-Governing Province"), is a Special Self-governing Province of South Korea in the Honam region in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula.
Gochang County is a beautiful tourist destination in North Jeolla that combines tradition and nature, and you can enjoy various activities and beautiful scenery when you visit. It is in the southwest end of Jeollabuk-do.
Jul 8, 2024 · Location and History. Located in North Jeolla Province, Gochang is one of the three most significant dolmen (stone chamber tombs) sites in Korea. The site consists of approximately 10,000 dolmens and is believed to have been established around 2500 BCE.
The Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites are the location of hundreds of stone dolmens which were used as grave markers, and for ritual purposes during the first millennium BCE when the Megalithic Culture was prominent on the Korean Peninsula. The sites were designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. [1]
Gochang Dolmen Sites (also known as Gochangeupseonggokweon) are a collection of prehistoric dolmens located in Gochang county, North Jeolla Province in South Korea. The dolmens were built during the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age periods between 1000 – 300 BC.
Gochang is the town with most dolmen sites in Korea. Some of the dolmens in Dosan-ri, Sanggap-ri and Maesan-ri are of the southern style, whereas most of those in the rest of North Jeolla-do Province are of the northern style.
