- Special Characteristics :
It’s called “Geumgang Chorong” in Korean because it was first discovered in Geumgangsan Mountain. The word “Chorong” means a hand lantern, and it was named such because it looks like a lantern. The scientific name “Hanabusaya” was named by a Japanese named Nakai and after the Japanese governor-general Hanabusaya during the Japanese Occupation of Korea. The name Geumgang Chorong sounds beautiful in Korean, but the flower also reminds many Korean of their painful history.