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Twice a year near the South Korean island of Jindo can be observed a unique natural phenomenon reminiscent of the Old Testament story of how the sea waters parted before Moses and the sons of Israel. For one hour, the Yellow Sea is parted between the islands of Jindo and Modo, opening the road with a length of 2.8 kilometers and a width of 40-60 meters. it occurs on the last day of February, and also in mid-June.
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According to scientists, the “separation of the sea” due to the difference in low tides and tides, and its peak time depends on the cycles of the moon. It is not surprising that many tourists flock to the Republic Korea to see for yourself this miracle. For an hour tourists and locals walk on the exposed land, collecting on The “Moses Way” various sea delicacies.
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And it doesn’t matter if people, carried away, gape and do not have time get to land by the time the “return of the sea”: numerous the boats will help them and bring them ashore without interference …
The phenomenon of the parting sea became world famous after Pierre Lundy, Ambassador of France to Korea, in 1975. visited Cindo island and wrote in the French edition about the amazing natural phenomenon.
Legend of Jindo Island
Along with a scientific explanation of the phenomenon, there is an ancient Korean legend about why the waters of the Yellow Sea parted first. In the old days, a certain Song Don Jin was condemned and sent to exile on Jeju Island. There was a storm along the way, and Son’s ship wrecked.
However, he himself, his family and the ship’s crew escaped, having managed to swim to Jindo Island – the closest to the disaster site. Village where forcedly turned out to be people, was called Hwedon, which means “tiger village”, because there really were many striped predators.
Descendants of Song Don Jin lived on the island for more than two hundred years, regularly attacked by tigers. In the end they decided to move to the island of Modo next to Jindo. It so happened that when moving one old woman forgotten in Hwedon, and she, remaining in alone, she began to beg the sea dragon to help her reunite with family. The dragon appeared unhappy and told her come to the seashore …
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And so the sea waters parted, revealing to a woman an amazing way! .. She gladly hurried to the neighboring island, however, she suddenly lost strength and, not reaching the goal, fell. Fortunately, relatives rushed to meet her and, lifting the old woman “from the bottom seas, “took her to Modo Island. Before her death, a woman ardently thanked the sea dragon for the miracle that allowed her to reunite with family.
Since then, an annual ceremony has been held on the island of Chindo memory of this amazing event. At the junction of an old woman an interesting monument is erected across the sea.
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