Yongsan Family Park ( Korean : 용산가족공원 ) is a park in Yongsan District, Seoul , South Korea. It is also known as Yongsan Park ( 용산공원 ).
6-404: The area of the park is 75,900 square metres (817,000 sq ft). It has a 2 km (1.2 mi) walking path and a variety of facilities, including Taegeukgi Park in the center. Pigeons and wild pheasants live in the park. Several ponds and lakes are in the park. It is open throughout the year, at all hours. There is a path in the park where guests are intended to walk it barefoot. It has
12-619: A texture that is meant to perform acupressure on your feet. During the Japanese colonial period , the park was used as a Japanese military facility from 1906 to the liberation of Korea in 1945. It was part of the US military base Yongsan Garrison , the headquarters of the US military in South Korea after the Korean war, including the base golf course. In December 1988, efforts began to convert
18-666: Is widespread throughout the world, in introduced feral populations and in farm operations. Various other pheasant species are popular in aviaries , such as the golden pheasant ( Chrysolophus pictus ). According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the word "pheasant" ultimately comes from Phasis, the ancient name of what is now called the Rioni River in Georgia . It passed from Greek to Latin to French (spelled with an initial "f") then to English, appearing for
24-839: The family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes . Although they can be found all over the world in introduced (and captive) populations, the pheasant genera's native range is restricted to Eurasia. The classification "pheasant" is paraphyletic , as birds referred to as pheasants are included within both the subfamilies Phasianinae and Pavoninae , and in many cases are more closely related to smaller phasianids, grouse, and turkey (formerly classified in Perdicinae , Tetraoninae , and Meleagridinae ) than to other pheasants. Pheasants are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism , males being highly decorated with bright colours and adornments such as wattles . Males are usually larger than females and have longer tails. Males play no part in rearing
30-465: The area into a civilian park via a presidential decree. The park opened in November 1992. It is accessible from Ichon station on line number 2 and Seobinggo station on line number 1 . This Seoul location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pheasant Pheasants ( / ˈ f ɛ z ə n t s / FEH -zənts ) are birds of several genera within
36-474: The young. A pheasant's call or cry can be recognised by the fact it sounds like a rusty sink or valve being turned. Pheasants eat mostly seeds, grains, roots, and berries, while in the summer they take advantage of insects, fresh green shoots, spiders, earthworms, and snails. However, as an introduced species, in the UK they are a threat to endangered native adders. The best-known is the common pheasant , which
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