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'Morning in Soswaewon Gardens'
Soswaewon was built by Yang San-bo, who gave up on his civil career and pursued a country life when his master Jo Gwang-jo (1482бн1519) was exiled to Neungju.
Soswaewon is divided into three gardens, the front, gorge and inner ones around Jewoldang, the main hall.
The front garden is composed of Daebongdae, Sangha pond, water mill and Aeyangdan, and the gorge garden features the Ogogam waterfall and Gwangpunggak, a pavilion near the gorge from where Seokga Mountain can be seen. The gorge garden served as an amusement park.
The inner garden area, centered around Jewoldang, is thought to have featured apricot, camellia and silverberry trees and various flowering plants. The rock next to Ogok Gate is named Oam, or Turtle Rock, and behind Gwangpunggak is decorated with peach trees.
Records show that the garden featured a total of 21 kinds of plants, 7 domestic species; pine, bamboo, willow, maple, wisteria, iris and water lily; 12 Chinese varieties, apricot, phoenix tree, paulownia, ginkgo, peach, rose, camellia, jasmine, bamboo, Bengal rose, chrysanthemum and banana plant; and Japanese azaleas and Indian lotuses.
Soswaewon, built in 1530, is one of the representative gardens of the Joseon Dynasty, and it was originally constituted with some 10 structures, including Jewoldang, Gwangpunggak, Aeyangdan, and Daebongdae, however, only a few remain.
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