When you need a little romance in your monotonous time
When you're looking for a little time for yourself in your day-to-day time, let's go! Let's go to Chungcheongbuk-do!
Chungcheongbuk-do is located in the center of South Korea's country and is served by the X-shaped high-speed railroad and well-connected highways. The KTX high speed train can take you across the country in two hours, and Seoul is just over an hour's drive away. Cheongju International Airport, which is open 24 hours a day, has 40 round-trip flights to Jeju and domestic flights every day, and before the epidemic, there were flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Hangzhou, Harbin, Dalian, Yanji, and Weihai in China. There are also regular flights to Japan, Guam, Hai Samui and other countries, and the 30-minute convenient and fast immigration procedures are very popular among the passengers, and Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, has become the center of Korea's transportation with its convenient and well-developed transportation facilities.
The four seasons of Chungcheongbuk-do are clear, with the change of seasons, there is the spring when the mountains are full of flowers, and there is the summer when the lotus ponds are cool with endless fields of lotus flowers, and there are also the maple leaves colored by the autumn winds, which are red in color, as if the mountains and forests have been covered with a red coat. The golden almond trees that look like strings of money are swaying and dancing with the gusts of the autumn wind, adding to the beauty of the fall in Chungcheongbuk-do. In the snowy days of Chungcheongbuk-do and ushered in her a romantic winter, winter and spring back and forth without stopping over the year after year, in the weaving of the years to add a few more charm, charm of the Chungbuk she is so quietly smiling open her arms waiting for you to come to taste her fragrance in her arms to forget all the troubles and sorrows, quietly enjoy all the memories of the good times that she brings to you. Summer to the end of the fall week after week to let people in her embrace to linger.
In Chungcheongbuk-do, there are three major national parks, Wolak Mountain, Cheolisan Mountain, and Sobaek Mountain, and in the beautiful nature, you can experience rafting on the South Han River, as well as intense and exciting paragliding in Danyang, and even more exciting bungee jumping on the shore of Cheongbong Lake. The monorail, which combines recreation and romance, takes you straight to the top of the mountain to experience the feeling of flying freely in the sky, and you can enjoy the beautiful view of Cheongbong Lake.
Chungcheongbuk-do is also a Korean wave-dominated area, with Soyamgok, famous for the filming of King of Bread Kim Joo-goo, Gae-eun, and Abe, and Ondal Tourist District, famous for the filming of costume dramas such as Dae Jang-geum, and Tae-ngwang Si-gami, which are famous in both Korea and abroad. There is a lime cave that was naturally formed about 450 million years ago, and it is located in Danyang, Chungcheongbuk-do today. Danyang's Dotan Sanbong and Danyang's Eight Scenic Spots used to be a place where ancient literati used to play qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, and emblems. Danyang's unique beauty is formed with strange rocks and clear river water, and the ancient people once said that "beautiful colors can be eaten", and today's Danyang can really be said to be beautiful to the eyes.
Danyang's ten thousand worlds of air corridors, is the Korean Ministry of Culture and Sports selected by the Korean star attractions on behalf of, and Danyang's trestle, Jecheon cable car, a lot of intense and stimulating experience project by the Korean tourists in and out of the country's high praise, the rest of the time with parents and children away from the hustle and bustle of the city, breathing every inch of the air here, the fragrance, in the enjoyment of the process of tourism at the same time to refresh your mind, as well as straight to the heart! The process of awakening every cell in your body, life is like getting rejuvenated and reborn to experience an unprecedented sense of relaxation. Feel every mountain and every water mixed with your blood flow in the body.
Chungju Lake, a waterway about 52 kilometers from Danyang to Chungju by boat, is the largest and cleanest man-made lake in Korea. On both sides of the strange stones built into a mountain, although not called majestic, but by the green plant shells year-round cover, when you step on the place will give you an illusion, how this is not our China's Jiangnan water town? It seems like things and not things, each different from each other, let's call her a small Jiangnan it.
On the west side of Lake Chungju is Korea's first Garam Hosoji Temple, which was founded in the 14th year of King Jinheung's reign in Silla by Grandmaster Eshin, and is currently preserved in its entirety with three national treasures such as the Stone Lantern of the Twin Lions and the Hall of the Hichisangs, as well as five treasures, which were designated by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site for the past 18 years and have been receiving a great deal of attention. In addition, there is also Sairensa, the head temple of the Tendai sect of Korean Buddhism, which has the largest five-story pagoda in Korea and more than 50 buildings, giving it a majestic and solemn feeling. There is also the Seokjong Temple in Chungju, which is regarded as one of the most beautiful and culturally valuable temples in Korea. The experience programs at Korea's multi-cultural Buddhist temples are trusted and appreciated by Buddhist followers from all over the world.
In Chungcheongbuk-do not only in the daytime you can enjoy a variety of beautiful scenery, there are also a variety of light theme parks in the evening, in recent years, Danyang Tarayama Jae Light Tunnel and Chungju Light Theme Park has become a popular tourist destination for many tourists in and out of Korea and Netflix bloggers.
Cheongju, the center of Chungcheongbuk-do, is the center of wisdom and cultural exchange. The presidential villa Cheongnamdae, known as "Cheongwadae in the south," is a place where five presidents have spent their vacations and thought about the national government, and it has attracted many tourists from China and Korea with its facilities such as the Main Building, the Presidential Museum, the Presidential Plaza, and a golf course.
Sangpangsanseong is a large bale-type mountain fortress located in Sangpang-gu, Cheongju City, with a circumference of 4.2 kilometers and an internal area of 220,000 square meters, and is the best-preserved mountain fortress in South Korea at present, and is connected to Mt. Sometimes there is even a long queue. Climbers are willing to wait in line even if they are tired. The tofu is really great. Eating a piece of fragrant tofu and a bowl of bean curd instantly solved my homesickness, and it tasted exactly the same as when I was a child, when my parents used to grind it with the stone mill. I can't imagine that there is a traditional tofu store in Korea that has preserved this ancient technique.
Chungcheongbuk-do not only has beautiful scenery and delicious food, but also a variety of experiential activities. There are a variety of festivals and events in Chungcheongbuk-do that will satisfy all your senses. If you don't have a month to prepare, you will not be able to eat, shop and experience it all. There is also the International Student Festival, which is held in Cheongju in September every year for international students who settled in Korea in the early days, and all international students in Korea can participate in it. The theme of the festival is different every year, and it becomes more and more grand every year, and the leaders of the Chinese Embassy in Korea, leaders of Chungcheongbuk-do Province, TV stations, and directors of major media outlets in Korea all dress up to attend the festival, as well as the cultural propaganda and broadcasting. The program will be broadcasted.
In recent years, with the prevalence of meditation in Chungcheongbuk-do, many resorts on meditation have been developed, including the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism designated as a place of recreation and well-being - Chenshin Meditation Center, which contains more than 70 kinds of meditation experience, as many people experience the physical and mental health of the healer here and get the indescribable touch.
Although there is no sea here, what you can enjoy at the beach is also available here. In Jangpyeong-gun, there is the largest resort complex in the central region of Korea, with facilities such as sheep herds, slopes, jet skis, and a golf course.
There are so many things to experience that I can't even tell you in a day if I were to go through them all. The experience of traditional culture in Seo Yoojoo hanok in Chungju, photography experience with heads of state in Cheongnamdae, kimchi experience in celebrity's house, dyeing experience in Chungju, apple snack making experience; experience of messy fighting in Yeongdong Gukrak village, red wine foot bath experience, traditional rice wine making experience in Sejong, horseback riding experience in Cheongju; experience of han ginseng and chicken soup and hanbok in Zengpyeong Jangmu Village, experience of making peony whipped cream cake that has been patented by the world, banquet exchange experience program with famous painters of Korea, and so on. There are a lot of experience programs such as the experience of making traditional rice wine and horseback riding in Cheongju, the experience of making peony cream cake which is patented by the world, and the experience of party exchange with famous Korean painters.
With the beautiful scenery, there is no shortage of food. Chungcheongbuk-do's representative delicacies include chicken set meal, chicken stewed with pine mushrooms, red ginseng meat, and Korean beef with yellow earth. There are eight ways to eat just one set of chicken, which is rumored to have been developed for Korean kings in ancient times, and a chicken feast can make you feel like an emperor.
The romance of the first meeting, the bits and pieces that are treasured in the heart, the unforgettable trip to Chungbuk, I hope that after the epidemic in the spring full of blossoms, the autumn full of leaves, and in the various celebrations will be able to meet you.