Gossidonggul was
named after the last name of `Ko Jong-Won', one of the generals
of the civil army troops during the Japanese
Invasion of Korea in 1592, whose family and relatives found
refuge in the cave. This limestone grotto bears a wondrous beauty
formed through about the four hundred million
years having wells, water falls, chambers and squares with 24 species
of microorganisms in them. Visitors can still find the smoked trace
of furnace which the Kossi Family used in
their refugee life during the Japanese Invasion. All of the refugees
in the cave, unfortunately, were found and
burnt to death by the fire the invaders set into the cave.
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