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Top 10 places to visit in Gwangjin, Seoul
hello? In this post, we will introduce the top 10 places you must visit in Gwangjin, Seoul, which is popular among travelers.
This ranking was selected based on the Korea Tourism Organization's popularity rankings and includes a variety of attractive attractions.
Please use this as a reference in preparing for a pleasant trip, and I hope you have a happy time!
Hangang Citizen's Park Ttukseom District (Ttukseom Hangang Park)
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Introduction to Hangang Citizen’s Park Ttukseom District (Ttukseom Hangang Park)
Ttukseom Hangang Park was famous as a riverside amusement park even before it was renovated into Hangang Park.
The park is comprised of a waterside plaza, a rose garden, a nature learning center, and a children's playground.
Ttukseom Hangang Park has a 243m-long observatory culture complex with art and relaxation in the shape of an inchworm, which has a long, thin cylindrical body.
It is connected to the Ttukseom Park area, so anyone can conveniently enter the park through here, and the 'Inchworm' passage has cafes, tea houses, gift shops, as well as exhibitions of works by media art artists.
In the summer, water sports such as windsurfing, water skiing, and motorboating are actively practiced, allowing you to enjoy romance and youth while feeling the cool breeze.
It offers citizens more things to see and enjoy all year round, with a cafeteria and seasonal flower exhibition in spring and fall, and a sledding rink and skating rink in winter.
In addition, Ttukseom Hangang Park is loved by citizens for its facilities such as an
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Basic information on Hangang Citizen’s Park Ttukseom District (Ttukseom Hangang Park)
Homepage http://hangang.seoul.go.kr
Parking facilities available (3 locations, 661 parking spaces)
Open all year round on days off
Seoul Children's Grand Park
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Introduction to Seoul Children’s Grand Park
Children's Grand Park opened on Children's Day, May 5, 1973.
It is 56,552㎡ in size and consists of a green space of green forests and green grass, fulfilling the role of a citizen park as a resting and cultural space for children, teenagers, and the general public.
In addition, it is equipped with various cultural facilities, zoological and botanical gardens, and amusement facilities.
On May 5, 2009, Children's Grand Park reopened and opened the 'Sea Animal Center', an ecological aquarium where you can observe the underwater life of white bears and seals, and 'Little Animal Village and Parrot Village', a large aviary where you can see the ecology of parrots. facilities were built.
In addition, we created a 'musical fountain' where the water stream moves up, down, left and right in accordance with the music melody.
In the green space in the middle of the park, an outdoor performance hall called 'Neungdong Forest Stage' with 8,000 seats will be built, and in the old octagonal hall there will be a domestic cartoon character exhibition hall and a children's traffic safety experience center.
Seoul Children’s Grand Park Basic Information
Website http://www.sisul.or.kr/open_content/childrenpark/
Operating hours park 05:00~22:00
Zoo opening hours 10:00~17:00
※ Please refer to the website for further details.
Parking facilities available
Open all year round on days off
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Introduction to Achasanseong Fortress
Achasanseong Fortress, located on Achasan Mountain, 285 meters above sea level, north of the Han River in Gwangjang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, is a large fortress built by Baekje to repel Goguryeo invasion when Baekje made Hanam Wiryeseong its capital.
It is also the place where King Jangsu of Goguryeo took Baekje's royal castle south of the lower Han River, captured King Gaero, dragged him to Achasanseong Fortress, and killed him.
For Silla, which controlled the lower Han River, it also became an advance base for attacking Goguryeo.
It is also said that this is the place where General Ondal of Goguryeo, who went to the battlefield to prevent Silla's ambitions, was killed by an arrow from the Silla army.
At this time, Achasanseong Fortress is the place where the sad love song of Princess Pyeonggang of Goguryeo, who bravely ran a thousand miles to collect the body of her beloved husband, General Ondal, flowed along the Han River for over a thousand years.
In the first and second excavations of Achasanseong Fortress, Goguryeo walls, building sites, and pond sites were identified, and through excavations starting in 2015, a large number of relics from the Three Kingdoms period, including Silla drain facilities and Goguryeo pottery, were discovered.
On the 90m outer wall of the southern wall of Achasanseong Fortress, external wall protection facilities and water outlets (3 locations), which are characteristics of Silla architecture, and water inlets (2 locations) were discovered on the inner wall, and at Mangdaeji, which is a surveillance post, the internal and external walls, as well as castle walls and large facilities were discovered. That's it.
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Subacidity Basic Information
Website https://www.heritage.go.kr
Operating hours 24 hours
Parking facilities : Use the Achasan Ecological Park parking lot.
Open all year round on days off
Gangbyeon Spa Land
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Introduction to Gangbyeon Spa Land
Gangbyeon Spa Land is a large-scale spa facility where you can enjoy a 9,917.4 m² (3,000 pyeong) sauna on the first and second basement floors.
This is a place where you can experience a high-level cultural space while using facilities such as a traditional hot tub, jjimjilbang, and sauna.
A post-pay settlement system has been introduced so you can conveniently use the facilities with a locker key. The second basement floor is a sauna, and the first basement floor is a public sauna.
The sophisticated interior and sulfur-containing groundwater sauna water are said to be smooth and good for the skin.
A variety of saunas, including a traditional pine firewood steam room, a spacious men's and women's common hall, a charcoal room, a salt room, a silver pyramid room, a red clay fire kiln for women only, a red clay room, and an igloo experience room, as well as hot and cold baths, aqua walking and massage baths, wet saunas and dry saunas. You can enjoy various sauna facilities, including a sauna.
Auxiliary facilities include a gathering room, children's play room, billiards room, table tennis room, large game room, charging cafe, and skin care room, and you can get meals and light snacks at a Korean restaurant and a chicken and snack corner.
Gangbyeon Spa Land is located approximately 340m away from Exit 4 of Gangbyeon Station on Metropolitan Subway Line 2.
Gangbyeon Spa Land basic information
Website http://ispaland.co.kr/
Operating hours 00;00~24:00
- Weekly hours: 05:00~20:00
- Night time: 20:00~05:00
Parking facility parking available
Open all year round on days off
Achasan Mountain
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Introduction to Achasan Mountain
Acha Mountain, which straddles Seoul and Guri-si, is a famous spot where you can enjoy the cityscape harmonized with the Han River. If you climb the 40-minute hiking trail, it features a 360-degree panoramic view of Jamsil, Namsan, Bukhansan, and Dobongsan, which can be seen from the top.
In addition, it is a low mountain with an altitude of 295.7m and the mountain slope is not steep, so it is a place where Guri and nearby citizens often visit for light hiking.
It is presumed that during the Joseon Dynasty, the entire area, including the current Bonghwasan Mountain, the Manguri Cemetery area, and Yongmabong Peak, was called Achasan Mountain.
During the Three Kingdoms Period, when the capital of Baekje was located in the Han River basin, due to its towering topographical characteristics, the Baekje people made efforts to block Goguryeo's southward advance by building a fortress by cutting the soil on Acha Mountain and re-building it with stones and soil.
Along with the Pungnap-dong Toseong to the south across the Han River, it is an important military base that influenced the fate of Baekje.
It is also called Adanseong (阿旦城), Achaseong (阿且城), Janghaseong (阿且城), Janghaseong (阿旦城), Gwangjangseong (阿且城), etc.), which suggests that Baekje, Silla, and Goguryeo fought a long-term offensive and defense battle centered on the Han River.
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Achasan basic information
Homepage Visit Seoul http://korean.visitseoul.net
Gwangjin Culture and Tourism https://www.gwangjin.go.kr
Operating hours Open 24 hours
Statue of Godang Jo Man-sik
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Introduction to Godang Jo Man-sik Statue
This statue was erected on December 7, 1976 at 18 Neung-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul (in Seoul Children's Grand Park) to commemorate Cho Man-sik's noble anti-Japanese spirit and defense of freedom.
The statue was created by Min Bok-jin, and the text on the front of the statue's pedestal was written by the late President Park Chung-hee.
The statue of Godang Jo Man-sik is a thinker and independence activist who practiced non-violence and non-resistance, called the Gandhi of Joseon.
Born in Gangseo, South Pyeongnam, he worked hard to promote national education at Osan School before resigning from his position as principal. He led the March 1st Movement in 1919 and was imprisoned for a year.
Afterwards, in 1920, he organized the Joseon Products Promotion Movement and developed a social movement.
He actively participated in the movement to establish a public university in the Joseon Dynasty and worked hard to cultivate talented people. In 1932, he took office as president of the Chosun Ilbo and took the lead in developing media and enlightening the nation.
Cho Man-sik worked hard to form a new organization that unites the left and the right, and after liberation, he worked as a leader in the anti-trusteeship movement and the national independence movement. After being arrested by the Soviet Army, he was never seen in public again. It is done.
Cho Man-sik was posthumously awarded the Republic of Korea Order of Merit for National Foundation in 1970.
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Godang Jo Man-sik Statue Basic Information
Website http://mfis.mpva.go.kr
Operating hours 05:00~22:00
※ Subject to change depending on season and weather, etc.
Parking facilities : Seoul Children’s Grand Park parking lot
Open all year round on days off
Statue of Goha Song Jin-woo
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Introduction to the Goha Song Jinwoo Statue
It was built to commemorate the late Song Jin-woo, who was an independence activist, educator, journalist, politician, and national leader, and is located within Seoul Children's Grand Park (located between the main and west gates).
Mr. Goha was imprisoned for his role in the March 1st Movement. After taking office as president of the Dong-A Ilbo in 1921, he led the domestic independence movement during the dark days of Japanese colonial rule through newspapers for 20 years, and taught media education by taking national democracy, people's livelihood, and civilism as the basic ideology of national salvation. Through industrial and cultural activities, we promoted the national strength and spirit for independence.
Just before liberation, he rejected Japan's offer to take over the government. After liberation, he founded the Korean Democratic Party and, as the president of the Dong-A Ilbo, worked hard to oppose the establishment of democracy and trusteeship. He died at his home in Wonseo-dong, Seoul, from a bullet from Han Hyeon-woo and others.
* Specifications - Seat area 9㎡, pedestal height 3.9m, statue height 3.6m
* Established by - Song Jin-woo Statue Construction Committee (built on September 23, 1983)
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Basic information about Goha Song Jin-woo Statue
Website http://mfis.mpva.go.kr
Operating hours 05:00~22:00
※ Subject to change depending on season and weather, etc.
Parking facilities 05:00~22:00
※ Subject to change depending on season and weather, etc.
Statue of Namgang Lee Seung-hoon
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Introduction to the statue of Namgang Lee Seung-hoon
It was built to commemorate the achievements of Namgang Lee Seung-hoon, an educator and patriotic enlightener during the Japanese colonial period, and is located between the South Gate and East Gate in Children's Grand Park.
In order to recognize the contributions of Namgang Lee Seung-hoon, who founded Osan Middle and High School in Seoul, and to repay his gratitude, school officials and alumni organized a preparation party for the construction of a statue of Lee Seung-hoon and collected donations.
It was completed on October 3, 1974 by sculptor Min Bok-jin with a gift from former President Park Chung-hee and 15 million won in donations from all walks of life.
Namgang Lee Seung-hoon (1864-1930) was born into a poor family in Jeongju and became very wealthy in his 40s.
When the country was in crisis due to the Japanese invasion, he used his fortune to establish Osan School in 1907 and devoted himself to nurturing talented people. He devoted himself to the independence movement and was imprisoned for several years three times starting in 1922.
After being released from prison, he immersed himself in the Christian faith and devoted himself to evangelism, welfare movements, promoting the establishment of private universities, and promoting the media.
He devoted his entire life to the educational movement that puts actions before words, and closed his eyes after making a will not to bury my remains, but to make a skeletal specimen for students to use in their studies.
In 1962, Seung-Hoon Lee was posthumously awarded the Republic of Korea Order of Merit for National Foundation.
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Basic information on the statue of Namgang Lee Seung-hoon
Website http://mfis.mpva.go.kr
Operating hours 05:00~22:00
※ Subject to change depending on season and weather, etc.
Parking facilities : Seoul Children’s Grand Park parking lot
Open all year round on days off
Award of the Three Baekma Hill Heroes
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Introduction to the Awards of the Three Heroes of Baekmagoji
This hill was built in 1973 within Children's Grand Park (located near the east gate).
It was built to commemorate Second Lieutenant Kang Seung-woo, Private Oh Gyu-bong, and Private Ahn Young-kwon, who attacked the enemy's position with hand-to-hand bullets and led them to victory in the fiercest Battle of Baekma Hill during the Korean War.
These three warriors belonged to the 1st Platoon of the 1st Company under the 30th Regiment of the 9th Division of the ROK Armed Forces, and in October 1952, they charged with land bombs carrying TNT, mortar shells, and grenades at Baekma Hill, a strategic point on the central front in the Cheorwon Plain area. After defeating the enemy's machine gun specialty point, he made a decisive contribution to recapturing the hill by fiercely firing it.
In honor of their noble spirit of sacrifice, the government awarded them the Eulji Military Service Medal on July 1, 1953, and second lieutenant Kang Seung-woo was awarded the rank of lieutenant, and Privates Oh Gyu-bong and An Young-kwon were posthumously awarded the rank of sergeant.
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White Horse Hill 3 Hero's Award Basic Information
Website http://mfis.mpva.go.kr
Parking facilities : Seoul Children’s Grand Park parking lot
Open all year round on days off
Liu Guan Shuan Thought
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Introduction to Yu Gwan-sun Thought
It was built to commemorate Yu Gwan-sun, who was arrested and died in prison while leading the independence movement at Aunae Marketplace in Cheonan.
The statue of Martyr Yu Gwan-sun, located at the top of the stairs along the path behind the visitor center in Children's Grand Park, was erected in 1973.
The stone statue of Yu Gwan-sun, waving the Taegeukgi behind her back and shouting for Korean independence, is so powerful that its small size belies its size, and its earnestness shows a dynamism that touches the heart deeply.
The simple font of [Martyr Ryu Gwan-sun] written on a black pedestal lets you feel her strong spirit.
When the March 1st Movement broke out while attending Ewha School, Yu Gwan-sun held a street demonstration with students, and when the school was closed, she went down to her hometown, Cheonan, Byeongcheon to lead the demonstration for national independence.
On April 1, 1919, at Aunae Marketplace, where about 3,000 protesters gathered, Yu Gwan-sun handed out Taegeukgi prepared in advance to the crowd of protesters, stood at the head of the line of protesters, and led the protest march, shouting for independence.
In response, Japanese military police brandished bayonets and opened fire indiscriminately, killing 19 people, including Yu Gwan-sun's father Yoo Jung-kwon and her mother Lee So-je, on the spot, and over 30 others were injured.
The Japanese arrested Yu Gwan-sun as the instigator of this independence movement and imprisoned her in Seodaemun Prison. However, Yu Gwan-sun continued to shout for independence while in prison and eventually died in prison at the age of 18 in October 1920 due to severe torture.
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Basic information on related permutation ideas
Homepage http://mfis.mpva.go.kr/main/main.do
Operating hours 05:00~22:00
Parking facilities available
Open all year round on days off
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