Boseong Beolgyo Honggyo

Beolgyo Honggyo is a granite stone bridge from the Joseon Dynasty located in Beolgyo-eup. It was constructed by connecting three arches, each about 27 meters in length and 3 meters in height. Along with Seonamsa Seungseongyo in Seungju-eup, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do, this bridge has the most distinct structural form. Honggyo refers to a bridge with a semicircular arch underneath, also called an arch bridge or rainbow bridge. The place name 'Beolgyo' originates from a raft bridge that once existed here.

Originally, in the 44th year of King Sukjong (1718), the residents of Nakan-hyeon built a raft bridge. In the 4th year of King Yeongjo (1728), a great flood in the Jeonnam region washed it away. The following year, the abbot of Seonamsa, Hoam Hwasang, recommended his disciple Choan Seonsa as the chief fundraiser and Seupseong Daesa as the construction supervisor, and the construction began. It was completed six years later, in the 10th year of King Yeongjo (1734).