Museums Come Alive—Come to Jeungpyeong, Full of Things to See

A trip to Chungbuk awakens cultural sensibility and offers hands-on learning. Suam-gol, a beautiful mural village overlooking downtown Cheongju, and Jincheon Craft Village, decorated by the hands of artists, breathe life into dormant sensibilities. Source: Chungcheong, More Charming the Longer You Stay

Along the way

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   Cheongju Edupia

   청주에듀피아

   Cheongju Edupia is a hands-on space for children that combines education and entertainment. It opened in 2008 within the Cheongju Cultural Industry Complex, and its exhibition hall is broadly composed of two halls. Hall 1 is themed around physical development and building creativity through play, while Hall 2 is a themed space for experiencing diverse world cultures. Through various characters such as Mashimaro and Gaebi, children can enjoy the space in a familiar and fun way. It also has a spacious book café and a movie theater where visitors can relax comfortably while reading. \nMoreLess

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   Jeungpyeong Folk Experience Museum

   증평민속체험박물관

   Dundeok Village is home to the Jeungpyeong Folk Experience Museum, where visitors can see, feel, and experience Korea's traditional culture. Around a wide lawn, the Dure Hall comes into view first, followed by the Culture Experience Hall, the Local Heritage Hall, the Craft Experience Center, and the Hanok Experience Center. The Dure Hall is themed around Jeungpyeong's traditional folk game 'Jangdeul Dure-nori' (a game combining farming-related work songs with pungjang percussion). It's an interesting space where visitors can feel the style and joy of our ancestors, who turned grueling farm work into play. Dure-nori performances are held from time to time upon group request.MoreLess

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   Jincheon Nongdari Bridge

   진천 농다리

   Built by stacking reddish stones of a sand-and-gravel rock quality, this is Korea's oldest and longest stone bridge. The bridge is made by piling up sand-and-gravel rock, with 28 bays of piers. Designated Local Tangible Cultural Heritage No. 28, it is about 93.6m long, 3.6m wide, with piers about 1.2m wide and a gap of around 80cm between piers. Though built without applying lime mortar, stacked as is, it remains sturdy, and it has kept its original form without being washed away even during the monsoon season. This stone bridge is said to have been laid by the powerful official General Im during the early Goryeo period, and it is notable for both its scale and its unusual construction technique. \nMoreLess

   

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   Jincheon Craft Village

   진천공예마을

   In the area around Gongyechon-gil in Munbaek-myeon, Jincheon-gun, Chungbuk, is Jincheon Craft Village, home to artists working in various fields such as ceramics, woodcraft, natural dyeing, and hanji craft. Befitting a village where craftspeople live, each house is distinctive, like a work of art in itself. Old-style houses, earthen houses, and Western-style houses, each full of individuality, come together to form a charming craft village. Hands-on craft experiences are also available in spaces used as the artists' studios. It's all the more interesting because visitors get to interact directly with the artists during the experience.\nMoreLess

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