Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special Metropolitan City Travel Course: Encountering Both Art and History

A travel course in the Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special Metropolitan City filled with nature, culture, and history! Enjoy cultural life at Songjeonggol, National Asian Culture Center, Dongmyeong-dong Cafe Street, and Lee Lee Nam Studio; spend leisurely time amidst nature at Suingwan, Baekundong Garden, and Baegunchasil (Lee Han-young Tea Cultural Center); and conclude a fulfilling journey with Gaudo Chingujip, Gaudo Suspension Bridge, and Korea Minhwa Museum.

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   Songjeonggol

   송정골

   Located near GwangjuSongjeong Station, Songjeonggol is famous for its reasonably priced gulbi-jeongsik (Songjeonggol set meal with dried yellow croaker). It is a popular restaurant frequently visited not only by tourists but also by local office workers and residents.MoreLess

   

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   National Asian Culture Center

   국립아시아문화전당

   The National Asian Culture Center is fully equipped as a true cultural and arts hub, featuring facilities such as ACC Democracy & Peace Exchange, ACC Children, ACC Creation, ACC Archive & Research, and ACC Theater, along with innovative interior spaces including the Creation & Production Center and Library Park.MoreLess

   

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   Dongmyeong-dong Cafe Street

   동명동 카페거리

   From the 1970s through the 1990s, Dongmyeong-dong was an affluent residential neighborhood. As housing culture shifted toward apartments, private academies concentrated in Dongmyeong-dong, and cafes began opening for mothers busy supporting their children's education. These cafes gradually pursued unique exterior and interior designs as well as distinctive beverage flavors, eventually forming today's vibrant Dongmyeong-dong Cafe Street.MoreLess

   

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   Lee Lee Nam Studio

   이이남스튜디오

   Located in Yangnim-dong, Lee Lee Nam Studio is a studio and cafe run by world-renowned media artist Lee Lee Nam, who represents Gwangju. As a complex cultural space featuring a creative studio, media art museum, and cafe, visitors can view the artist's works ranging from early creations to recent media art pieces both inside and outside the building.MoreLess

   

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   Suingwan

   수인관

   Suingwan is famous as a must-visit restaurant when traveling in Gangjin. Bulgogi is the restaurant's signature and most popular dish. The well-marinated meat is placed on a wire rack and grilled over briquette embers. The harmony of the briquette-grilled aroma and flavors provides a unique culinary delicacy that cannot be experienced in other dishes.MoreLess

   

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   Baekundong Garden

   백운동 원림

   As the quintessential example of a traditional Korean garden, all 12 scenic views designated by Jeong Yak-yong remain intact. It was a place where Joseon Dynasty scholars engaged in cultural exchanges and enjoyed refined leisure, and it holds additional historical value as a cradle of Korean tea culture, backed by records of figures such as Jeong Yak-yong, Ven. Choui, and Yi Si-heon producing and sharing tea here.MoreLess

   

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   Baegunchasil (Lee Han-young Tea Cultural Center)

   백운차실 (이한영 차문화원)

   Located in Gangjin, Jeollanam-do, the Lee Han-young Tea Cultural Center originated from a promise made when Dasan Jeong Yak-yong completed his exile and returned to Namyangju, pledging to supply tea cultivated over a year along with his disciples' research achievements on an annual basis. Visitors can experience tea making and tea ceremonies firsthand, and taste Baekun Okpancha as well as the tteokcha (brick tea) that Dasan Jeong Yak-yong is said to have drunk.MoreLess

   

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   Gaudo Chingujip

   가우도친구집

   Located on Gaudo Island in Gangjin-gun, the raw fish restaurant Gaudo Chingujip specializes in wild live fish, hoedeopbap (spicy raw fish bibimbap), and fish soups. It is situated near the Gaudo Suspension Bridge and zip track, and diners can enjoy the zipline at a discounted rate after their meal.MoreLess

   

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   Gaudo Suspension Bridge

   가우도 출렁다리

   The suspension bridge on Gaudo Island is linked to a seaside walking path extending about 3 km along the coastline, offering scenic views of a picturesque blue sea trail.MoreLess

   

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    Korea Minhwa Museum

    한국민화뮤지엄

    The Korea Minhwa Museum was established in Daegu-myeon, Gangjin-gun in May 2015 as a sister museum to the Joseon Minhwa Museum in Yeongwol, the country's first folk painting museum. Dedicated to the succession and advancement of traditional folk painting, it carries out systematic research and collection, exhibitions and education, publication of specialized books, customized experiential programs, forums, and competitions.MoreLess

    

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