Rivers helped with Weir Installation Help Us Back
It is the starting weir of the Nakdong River. Acting like an elder brother for the rest 7 Nakdong weirs, built in the upstream of the Nakdong River, it regulates the water flows. It showed a leak but soon neatly fixed and now it is boasting its appearance with symbolic mark of the bicycle on the pillars as the icon of Sangju city, the biker’s paradise. After the opening, it was the most obvious and active to frequently spot locals riding over the weir bridge.
Its iconic structure embodied a pavilion, a place where Korean scholars used to write and read is a distinctive feature and it almost looks like the traditional cross stripes window with lights on at night. It is the most respectable weir as it works during the day and learns at night. It seems to regulate water during the day for the residents and to provide scholars a space for reading books at night with lights on. Along with Maae statue of the Buddha discovered in process of the weir construction, it is standing as the cultural icon in the upstream of the Nakdong River.
Even though it may look a bit too simple and rustic, it has the ‘hidden card,’ the observatory. This observatory installed inside the structure representing turtles allows 360° rotational view of the Nakdong River. The Gumi Weir also holds meanings to clean up the pollution that was built up by the industrial complex and to enter the place of regenerating nature.
It is the only weir located in the region of the wound from Korea’s modern history since the area or Chilgok-gun is the place where the Nakdong Battle took place during the Korean War. The Chilgok Weir was designed after the theme of Cheolwoo who was buried in Gasan Rock for controlling the spirits of land in accordance to Docham philosophy of Shilla. Strangely, the spirit from the past seems to heal the pain of the modern time.
The Gangjeong Goryeong Weir visited by the most people after the opening ceremony is embedded with romance all over the place. Water Punggeum(organ) stairways reminding Ureuk ’s Gayageum (Korean zither with twelve strings) playing and Tanju observatory provide differentiated visual features from other weirs. The Gangjeong Goryeong Weir located in between Dalseong-gun of Daegu and Goryeong-gun of Gyeongbuk will be adjusting water flow of the Nakdong River mid-basin.
Built on the mid-besin of the Nakdong River, Dalseong Weir finalized the opening ceremonies of the 16 weirs. As shown in the aerial photos of before and after the sedimentation deposited from the upstream had been removed by dredging. Herniated disc problems of the Nakdong River had been perfectly treated. As in no other weirs, distinctively straight bike path of the weir bridge stimulates racing instincts.
Hapcheon Changnyeong Weir visualized the ibis, a symbol of Upo wetland as the pride of the Nakdong River. Purification feature of the Hapcheon Changnyeong Weir is especially important for the Nakdong River area was prone to flood damage as going down the river course. It plays a role to filter the water of the Nakdong River leading it to flow down smoothly to the Changnyeong Haman Weir.
Located at the most down-basin among the weirs in the Nakdong River, the Changnyeong Haman Weir is in charge of the Nakdong River smoothly slipping into the sea as the final barrier. It is also the solid keeper to protect Haman and Changnyeong regions against floods, which used to be inundated every year. Its height is relatively low compared to the rest of the weirs which provides a different experience in overlooking down the river as standing on the weir that its scenic view is much more sensational than looking up the sky.
