Rivers helped with Weir Installation Help Us Back
Construction of the Baekje Weir was started and completed with the desire of Buyeo Residents. Buyeo residents strongly supported the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project to give a life to the Geum River which flow had been blocked with the sediment accumulation and eventually the Baekje Weir was created to benefit the River and the residents. As an icon for the culture of Baekje and the pride of Buyeo residents, Baekje Weir started spurting its growth.
The Gongju Weir along with the Baekje Weir gives a significance to bring new meanings to Chungcheong area which had relatively weak regional characteristic with Baekje’s history of defeat by announcing resurrection of the Baekje culture. The Baekje Weir representing the General, Gyebaek and the Gongju Weir representing the King, Muryeong stood strongly as the two tops of Baekje’s symbol in Chungcheong-do.
While the Baekje Weir and the Gongju Weir are representation of the resurrected past, the Sejong Weir symbolizes the future. It is because it stands in the center of Sejong city, which will be structured in 2012 as the administrative center. The Sejong Weir built before the riverside apartments overlooks the cleaned crystal waters of the Geum River. Opened the first among 16 weirs, the Sejong Weir and its waterfront areas will become the ‘oxygenated space’ along with the new city for Buyeo residents.
