Cheonjeyeon Waterfalls
{{Short description|Waterfalls on Jeju Island, South Korea}}
{{Distinguish|Cheonjiyeon Waterfall}}
{{Infobox waterfall
| name = Cheonjeyeon Waterfalls
| image = Jeju Cheonjeion Waterfall 3.jpg
| photo_caption = The second tier of the waterfall
| coordinates = {{coord|33.2528|126.4173|type:waterbody_region:GB_source:enwiki|display=inline,title}}
| location = Jeju Province, South Korea
| number_drops = 3
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
|hangul=천제연폭포
|hanja=天帝淵瀑布
|rr=Cheonjeyeon Pokpo
|mr=Ch'ŏnjeyŏn P'okp'o
}}
Cheonjeyeon Waterfall ({{Korean|hangul=천제연폭포}}) is a three-tier waterfall located on Jeju Island, South Korea.{{Cite web | title = Cheonjeyeon Falls | url = http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/ena/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=312804 | accessdate = 7 June 2011 | archive-date = 11 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120311073934/http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/ena/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=312804 | url-status = dead }} The falls are a popular tourist attraction,{{cite journal |last1=Park |first1=Yumi |last2=Njite |first2=David |year=2010 |title=Relationship between Destination Image and Tourists' Future Behavior: Observations from Jeju Island, Korea |journal=Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=1–20 |doi=10.1080/10941660903510024}} and one of the three famous waterfalls of Jeju, alongside Cheonjiyeon Waterfall and Jeongbang Waterfall.{{cite news |last=Geun |first=Yang Ho |date=August 29, 2010 |title=Midnight at the pond of the Gods |newspaper=Jeju Weekly |url=http://www.jejuweekly.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=947 |accessdate=7 June 2011}}
Description
File:Jeju Island Cheonjeyeon Waterfalls.jpg
File:Jeju-island-falls-cheonjeyeon-1594587 1920천제연제3폭포.jpg
Cheonjeyeon means Pond of the Emperor of Heaven.{{cite book |author=Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqivXyGIxDAC&pg=PA402 |title=Frommer's South Korea |date=24 May 2010 |publisher=Frommer's |isbn=978-0-470-59154-3 |page=401 |accessdate=7 June 2011}}
According to Korean legend, seven nymphs would descend from the heavens at night and bathe in the waterfall's pond. Since ancient times, it is thought that standing under the waterfall on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month can cure diseases by the eighth lunar month, though swimming is now prohibited.
File:Cheonjeyeon Waterfall 1.jpg
Cold water flows out of the ceiling of a cave to make the waterfall. Between the precipice of the waterfall and the lower clay layer, water springs out.{{Cite web| title = Cheonjeyeon Waterfall| url = http://www.jejucvb.or.kr/ICCViewer/eng/visitors/travel_tour_view.jsp?idno=39&comnum=0-0-0&categoryCode=TOU005&cateCodeName=River/waterfalls/valley| accessdate = 7 June 2011| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000753/http://www.jejucvb.or.kr/ICCViewer/eng/visitors/travel_tour_view.jsp?idno=39&comnum=0-0-0&categoryCode=TOU005&cateCodeName=River%2Fwaterfalls%2Fvalley| archivedate = 28 September 2007}} In first cascade, the cliff is {{convert|22|m|ft|abbr=on}} high and the water falls into Cheonjeyeon Pond which is {{convert|21|m|ft|abbr=on}} deep. From there, the water goes to the second waterfall and falls {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}} and continues to the third waterfall. Eventually, the water reaches the ocean.
Above the falls is Seonimgyo Bridge, which symbolizes the legend of Cheonjeyeon. The warm temperate forest around Cheonjeyeon Waterfall was designated Natural Monument No. 378 in 1993 because of the rare plants it contains and its value for scientific research.{{cite web |url=http://www.paforum.or.kr/area/area.html?cate_idx=29 |title=Natural Monuments and Nature Reserves of Korea|year=2009 |publisher=Korea Protected Areas Forum|accessdate=June 7, 2011}} Rare plants such as the solipnan (솔잎난) plants or skeleton fork fern (Psilotum nudum) can be found around the falls in the crevices of rocks.
On the May of even-numbered years, the Chilseonyeo (Seven Nymphs) Festival is held at this location.
See also
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External links
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- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeHEF2zkvtg Cheonjeyeon Waterfall on YouTube]