The Penis Forest of Haesindang Park in South Korea

Penis_park_korea

I am not going to lie. This was an incredibly difficult article to grab even a single safe-for-general-audiences image for. There are tons of blink-inducing pictures on the blog link below (definitely check it out), but they are, uh, really, really not safe for work. Let me say that again: NSFW.

That being said, it is an awesome world where someone has an idea like this and then actually executes on it. Ahem.

Haesindang Park (해신당 공원), also called Penis Park, is a park located on the east coast of South Korea, in a small town called Sinnam, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Samcheok in Gangwon Province. The park is noted for its number of erect phallic statues.

A tragic legend known as the “Legend of Auebawi and Haesindang” shrouds the statues of the park in that a virgin was once swept out to sea and drowned, unable to be saved by her lover. The townspeople were devastated and helpless, and a curse appeared to have been cast over them, ruining the local fishing industry.

One day, a local fisherman masturbated in the sea and miraculously the fishing industry revived. He discovered that her restless spirit could be appeased in such a manner, so the townsfolk compensated for the woman’s inability to consummate beyond the grave by placing sexually potent phallic statues in view of the shore.

DSC_0800_800

Via Just Enough Korean Blog with tons of NSFW pictures and more info on how to get there. Also, more info also available on Wikipedia.

This entry was posted in Messed Up, Misplaced Places by . Bookmark the permalink.

About

I design video games for a living, write fiction, political theory and poetry for personal amusement, and train regularly in Western European 16th century swordwork. On frequent occasion I have been known to hunt for and explore abandoned graveyards, train tunnels and other interesting places wherever I may find them, but there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that I am preparing to set off a zombie apocalypse. Nothing that will stand up in court, at least. I use paranthesis with distressing frequency, have a deep passion for history, anthropology and sociological theory, and really, really, really hate mayonnaise. But I wash my hands after the writing. Promise.

One thought on “The Penis Forest of Haesindang Park in South Korea

  1. Pingback: We Got Featured on Pretty Awful Things

Leave a Reply