A Park Stroll More Beautiful Than Nature Itself

A great course for walking. Dodang Park, better tended than a natural forest, the quiet Seokwangsa Temple, Bucheon's pride, the Aiins World media culture complex, the Cartoon Museum, and the Lake Park all offer a taste of nature within the city.

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   Dodang Park (Dodang Arboretum)

   도당공원(도당수목원)

   A great course for walking. Dodang Park, better tended than a natural forest, the quiet Seokwangsa Temple, and Bucheon's pride, the media culture complex and Lake Park, offer a taste of nature within the city. MoreLess

   

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   Seokwangsa Temple

   석왕사

   Seokwangsa Temple stands on Boun-san, at San 29-30, Wonmi 2(i)-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, and is a direct temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. What role should a temple play in the heart of a modern city? Buddhist temples are still commonly understood as places deep in remote mountains that offer spiritual rest to people of the secular world. But as religious practice has become part of everyday life, temples too have come down from the mountains to settle in the city and seek out a new role. Seokwangsa is cited within Buddhist circles as a model “urban temple.” MoreLess

   

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   Lunch (Songa Myeonok, Vikings (Bucheon Media Complex Branch))

   점심식사(손가면옥, 바이킹스(부천영상단지점))

   Lunch [Songa Myeonok] Opened in August 1994, this Hamhung-style naengmyeon (cold noodle) specialty restaurant is known above all for the quality of its noodles, scale aside. Under the restaurant's philosophy of “We respect your taste in naengmyeon,” a master chef who has made only Hamhung naengmyeon for over 30 years serves customers the finest naengmyeon. Lunch [Vikings (Bucheon Media Complex Branch)] Vikings, Korea's first seafood-specialty family restaurant, has posted the No.1 sales-per-store record every year since 2003 and is growing rapidly as the leading company in the seafood restaurant industry.MoreLess

   

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   Sangdong Lake Park

   상동 호수공원

   With a green coverage ratio of about 65%, the lake here is home to many species of fish swimming among lush aquatic plants. The artificially created lake covers about 23,000㎡, with wooden bridges installed so visitors can walk along the water's edge, and waterside decks scattered throughout let visitors fully soak in the atmosphere of nature. MoreLess

   

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