Dog of Osu

Dog of Osu
  • Address Around Osu-myeon, Imsil-gun, Jeonbuk State

Walking tour program with storytelling. As an educational and thematic tourist attraction inheriting the spirit of the Dog of Osu, Dog of Osu is a famous site with a multi-purpose plaza and a dog training center.

Kim Gae-in and Dog of Osu [Story on the dog of Osu, the loyal dog saving its owner’s life by sacrifying itself and the owner commemorating its loyalty in the Goryeo period]

Kim Gae-in lived in Georyeong-hyeon, present-day Yeongcheon-ri, Jisa-myeon, during the Goryeo period. He had a dog. He and his dog had meals together. He was always with his dog. The dog faithfully followed his owner.

In early spring, he went to Osu, where a market was held, with his dog. He had a few drinks with his friends and fell into a deep sleep on the lawn. The dog waited for his owner to wake up and while looking around.

Suddenly, fire broke out on the field near his owner. The dog did whatever it could do to wake up his owner. But his owner was too drunk to wake up. The burning flames came close to its owner. Then, the dog ran into the stream and wet its body. He started to wet the grass coming and going to the stream hundreds of times. The owner felt cold was awakened from his sleep. However, the dog lost its strength and died next to its owner.

The owner buried the dog and put his cane in front of the tomb not to forget the dog’s tomb. The cane grew into a tree. Then, the owner called the site Osu (O meaning a dog and Su meaning tree in Chinese character).