The film "The Man Who Lives with the King" (commonly known as "Wangsanam") has taken Korean cinemas by storm this spring. Riding the film's popularity, Yeongwol in Gangwon Province — home to King Danjong's exile site and royal tomb — is enjoying a tourism boom. Public interest is also surging in the 700-ri (approximately 275 kilometers) exile route that Danjong walked after being demoted to the title of Nosan-gun.
According to Blue Heron Golf Club in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, the course is home to a remarkable well. After completing the second shot on the West Course's Hole 5 (par 4) and walking toward the green, golfers can spot a well tucked beside a flower bed on the right side of the fairway. It is called "Danjong Eosoojeong," or the King's Well.
A signboard in front of the well reads: "This site is called Danjong Eosoojeong because King Danjong reportedly drank spring water from this well on his way to exile in Yeongwol." Although no precise historical records exist of Danjong's exile route, scholars believe — based on local place-name legends — that he traveled by boat along the Han River to Yeoju, then continued overland to Yeongwol. The spring is surrounded by stacked stones. It is said to have produced abundant water year-round, never drying up even during droughts, and was also used as agricultural irrigation water for surrounding rice paddies and fields.
