title: Najeong Well, Gyeongju
text: # Najeong Well, Gyeongju
  
  Najeong Well, designated South Korean historic site No 245, on 20 November 1975, is located in the sacred ("religious") forest of Najeong in Gyeongju. The well is said to be the birthplace of Park Hyeokgeose, the founder of Silla.
  
  ## In popular culture
  
  In the South Korean TV series, Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth, the young True bones meet here to fight, and, Najeong being a sacred place, are subject to death, a death which is avoided, by swearing to become Hwarang with allegiance not to their families but to Silla and its king.
  
  