A Stroll Around Seolbongsan and a Visit to the Art Museum

Take a walk around the low, charming hiking course of Seolbongsan, and on the way down you can visit the quiet art museum of painter Woljeon Jang Woo-seong. After quietly enjoying Korean-style paintings and a delicious meal of Icheon rice, spending an afternoon at the well-kept Seolbong Park makes for a wonderful course.

Along the way

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   Seolbongsan

   설봉산

   The Korea National Arboretum was created using the natural forest of the Gwangneung Experimental Forest. Within the arboretum stands the Forest Museum, which exhibits all manner of material related to forests. The Forest Museum is the largest of its kind in the East, covering 1,400 pyeong, designed in a traditional Korean style attuned to nature, with both its interior and exterior finished entirely in domestic wood and stone. MoreLess

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   Icheon Woljeon Museum of Art

   이천시립월전미술

   Themed around rare plants and nature, Gwangneung Bonsai Art Park sits on a site of about 45,000㎡ and includes a bonsai park, a sculpture ecology park, a petrified wood park, an art museum, a lawn plaza, a swimming pool, an artificial waterfall, and a snow sled area. Set amid the beautiful natural scenery of the Gwangneung forest, the bonsai park displays some 400 bonsai trees of about 40 varieties — including pine and cypress bonsai, flowering bonsai, and fruiting bonsai — in forms such as moyogi (informal upright), bunjin (literati), kengai (cascade), and neagari (exposed root). MoreLess

   

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   Lunch (Imgeumnim Ssalbatjip, Icheonok)

   점심식사(임금님쌀밥집,이천옥)

   Lunch [Imgeumnim Ssalbatjip] Imgeumnim Ssalbatjip is famous not only for its set-course meals but also for its braised chicken. Seasoned through and through, the braised chicken is spicy yet chewy, a dish popular with people of all ages. In place of the usual doenjang (soybean paste) stew served with the set course, the restaurant simmers a cheongukjang (fermented soybean) stew that has no strong odor, offering a distinctive flavor. The wild-green side dishes, made from seasonal greens the restaurant personally selects and prepares, are also a delicacy. Lunch [Icheonok] Icheonok is located in a hot-spring town with a long history, within about 50 minutes of Dong Seoul and Gangnam bus terminals, a place to refresh from the stress of city life with comfort and a satisfying meal. Guests can enjoy a table full of dishes made with locally grown Icheon rice, a regional specialty, along with neat, flavorful side dishes. MoreLess

   

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   Seolbong Park

   설봉공원

   Seolbong Park, centered on a wide lake, is arranged with walking paths, gardens that evoke a traditional feel, and a traditional-style kiln, making it a fine spot for a pleasant rest. Outside the World Ceramic Center building is a ceramics experience hall where anyone can try their hand at making pottery for a modest fee. Unlike other experience halls that focus mainly on producing works and run the experience hall as a side activity, this hall was built with the ceramics experience itself as its primary purpose, so visitors can enjoy pottery-making under professional instructor guidance in a pleasant setting. MoreLess

   

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