Bogil Island Yoon Sondo Garden Heritage (보길도 윤선도 원림)

Bogil Island off the Wando coast is the site of the Bugyujeong garden complex built by the Joseon poet and scholar Yoon Seon-do (1587-1671) during his years of political exile. The garden — Seyeonjeong, Dongcheon Seokshil, Nakseodae, and Gyokjaeam — uses the natural stream, forest, and rock formations of the island valley as components in a garden design that is the purest surviving example of the Korean scholar's garden aesthetic. The garden is a National Heritage Site and the surrounding Bogil Island forest and coast retain the same landscape that Yoon Seon-do would have seen. The ferry from Wando takes about 50 minutes.

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