Goddess Samsin Tree

Gyeongsangbuk-do


Quite a sight, this huge 600-year-old Zelkova tree stands at the heart of the village, inhabited by a goddess (or three goddesses in one, as the name samsin means 'three goddesses') who women pray to for children (she is the goddess of childbirth). On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, locals come here to pray for harmony.