Jeju Island Attractions - Cheonjiyeon Waterfall

The white column of water that falls from the strange cliffs with the sound of thunder is the Cheonjiyeon Waterfall. Heaven and earth want to touch each other, so it is called Cheonjiyeon. The waterfall, which is twenty-two meters high and twelve meters wide, roars loudly towards the cliff below, which is indeed admirable. The natural monument No. 163, Danba tree, grows here, and temperate plants such as pine leaf blue, mountain pomelo, and camellia have become forests. It is especially known as the habitat of the natural monument (Wutai Changyu) that is active at night. The Seventy Li Festival is held every September. The three-stage waterfall that pours down in the dense temperate forest is spectacular. After the first waterfall falls into a pond with a depth of 21m, it flows through the 2nd and 3rd waterfalls until it flows into the sea. Especially on the top of the rock cave on the east side of the cliff where the first waterfall flows down, there is cold water that makes your teeth chill. In ancient times, it was said that bathing in this water during the Yuan and Dog Days could cure all diseases, attracting many people, but swimming is now prohibited. Eels live in the lake, because they like to be active at night, so they can only be watched at night. When night falls, the lights are on (Cheonjiyeon Waterfall is equipped with lighting equipment for easy viewing of eels at night). In the temperate forest around Cheonjiyeon, there is a plant that is quite rare in Jeju Island - pine needle orchid, as well as Danba tree, long-tailed pointed leaf zelkova, mountain pomelo, white new ginger, evergreen species, Sen's poplar, holly and other evergreen trees, and rough leaf trees, poplar and other mixed forests. There are many vine plants such as wind vine, oleander, southern schisandra, creeping fig, etc., and there are also purple gold ox wood, amphibious plants such as stone fern, trident leaf stone fern, tile reed, pine for thousands of years, etc. The growth is dense and retains the appearance of the original forest. The Danba tree on the west side of the first waterfall is designated as the local monument No. 14 from the perspective of plant geography due to its high academic value. Cheonjiyeon Waterfall is a part of the Hanla Mountain Nature Reserve, and there are more than 20 Danba trees growing naturally inside.