Baekmiri Village is a village by the seas that has varieties of seafood.  This village was named Baekmi or Baekmi-ri after hundreds of different taste presented by its seafood.  It is a Ri at Seosim-myeon of Hwaseong in Gyeonggi-do.  Although it is a village by the seas, it also has a high mountainous valley nearby.

The natural towns in the village include Guriseom, Baelmi, and Dangneomeo.  Guriseom is called Gulseom because natural oysters are caught in a large quantity or Guriseom because Chinese people came here to gather copper. 

The village is named Baekmi also because its topography resembles a snake that is hiding its tail.  Dangneomeo is named so because Guriseom is located over the hills to its southeast.

1. There is a natural spring beneath the village cemetery.  The spring water turned red when the tombs in the cemetery or those on the nearby mountain were damaged.  (There used to be a military base on the mountain and the soldiers used to drink this spring water called ¡°Jangsumul.¡±  It no longer exists today.)

2. The cemetery was called ¡°Aechongmyo¡± and used to bury many babies in tombs that were not made properly.

3. Baekmiri Village has named many places after natural objects.

4. There is an island called Gamtuseom that rises sharp in the middle of the sea.  In the past, sailors prayed for safety before they went out to the ocean to fish.  However, it is not easy to find the places where they used to pray nowadays.

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