※ This video is from [Documentary Empathy - Baekdu Mountain's Spring, Meet Primitive Life] aired on July 18, 2015. ▶ Secret Forest, Baekdu Mountain Underground Forest The secret forest where spring begins first in Baekdu Mountain is the underground forest. The underground forest, which looks like a black hole where the ground has sunk underground, is a unique terrain that was created when large strata collapsed due to volcanic activity. Inside the cliff forest, which is a whopping 1,350m down from the entrance, there are densely packed hundreds of years old trees and a thick layer of moss like a carpet. In the underground forest, which is reminiscent of the Forest of Life in the movie Avatar, reishi mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms (red deokdari mushrooms) that grow in shady and humid places, Baekdu Mountain's immortal herb (Dumeori tree edulis), which is said to be an elixir of life, and another treasure of Baekdu Mountain, the oil frog, grow. ▶ A showdown with bees, wild trout When spring comes, 120 species of wild flowers bloom simultaneously at the 2,000m elevation of Baekdu Mountain. Since the flowering period lasts only three months a year, both the bees following the flowers and the beekeepers collecting mountain honey are busy. We take a look at the extraordinary honey collection process of beekeepers who lure bees and then track their flight path to find wild honey, as well as the elaborate internal structure of wild trout that contains the four seasons of Baekdu Mountain, and the microscopic world created by native bees. ▶ Memories of ancient food, Baekdu Mountain wild vegetable song In spring, the women of Ido Baekha, which surrounds the underground forest, become absorbed in the fun of picking plump wild trout. Unlike bracken ferns that grow in sunny places, wild trouts that grow in shady places are an old food that our people enjoyed before they even ate bracken ferns. We meet the native wild greens and medicinal herbs of Baekdu Mountain, such as the oil goby that grows beautifully as if it were a musical note, the fluffy, soft, fluffy sogobi, the blue-colored grass goby, and the bear-tongue-like bear’s tongue-like bear’s tongue, ogalpi, and mansam. Park Soon-bok, who was born and raised on Baekdu Mountain and has been picking wild greens for 70 years, has a heartbreaking story. He drags his aching legs into the forest to soothe the lump in his heart after losing his son in an accident four years ago. The youngest son, Nam-cheol, always stays by his mother’s side, hoping that her emotional wounds will heal. Let’s listen to the wild greens that contain the joys and sorrows of the Baekdu Mountain people. #Baekdu Mountain #Secret Forest #Life