Jindo-Modo Landbridge
Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses
Category Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Anomalous Islands, Geological Oddities, Eccentric Homes
The story of Moses parting the Red Sea in order to save the Israelites from the Egyptians is well-known. South Koreans have a similar story. Their version is that the Island of Jindo was attacked by vicious tigers. Everyone escaped, except for an unfortunate elderly woman. It is said that she prayed to the Sea deity, asking the deity to open the waters and allow her to pass to the neighboring Island of Modo. Her wish was granted.
Today, locals and tourists on Jindo Island, South Korea as well as locals and tourists on Modo Island, South Korea, can relive the elderly woman's crossing of the Yellow Sea. Twice a year, once in May and once in mid-June, a natural causeway opens due to extremely low tides, connecting Jindo and Modo Island. The causeway is almost two miles long, and over 120 feet wide. On each of these days, visitors and tourists from each island traditionally walk to the middle of the causeway to meet one another and celebrate.
Jindo's "Moses Miracle" gained popularity in 1975 when a French journalist was traveling through South Korea and happened to experience the parting firsthand.
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- Hours Once in mid-May and once in mid-June: Low tide
- Address Jindo, South Korea
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Anonymous
June 22, 2009
I went to this!! It was awesome! It's really hard to make it to the other side though because the path isn't open for that long. You kind of have to run.
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