[Trip] Jonny’s Family Go to Mr. Juwang in Cheongsong County(a south-eastern county in South Korea)

[Trip] Jonny’s Family Go to Mr. Juwang in Cheongsong County(a south-eastern county in South Korea)

March 1st is Korean national holiday, the Independence Movement Day in Korea. We’ve got a three-day holiday. My dad made a plan to trip to Cheongsong County, a south-eastern county in South Korea and visit my grandma’s place during the holidays. It’s been a long time to travel a domestic site since last year, 2012.

Cheongsong is famous for Juwangsan National Park(a mountain), Jusanji(a artificial lake on a mountain) and apples. We had a good time in Cheongsong County. Followings are the photos I’ve taken there. We dropped by Jusanji the first day in Cheongsong County and had a short tracking on Juwangsan next morning.

  <photo 1: The guest house where my family stayed is located near Juwangsan National Park, Cheongsong County, South Korea. The guest room has one bedroom, a small kitchen and a rest room. The fare was 70 thousand won(KRW) per a night, per 2 persons. They charge additional 10 thousand won per an additional person. The room was clean, cozy and warm. The outer of the house are covered with wooden thick plates, looking like a cabin.>

<photo 1-1: It's a snapshot of a TV advertisement which I and my family watch on the TV in the guest room when we went to a guest house near Mt. Juwang, Cheonsong Province, South Korea. It says "Three generation! Guaranteed Quality assurance during One Hundred Years". It made us BIG laugh to death. The bundle of knives costs $39.9 per a set. Do you believe that the quality assurance on that price? What a excessive bluffing thing as much as Chinese people!>

<photo 2: Jusanji(an artificial lake) is a lake which was built 400 years ago during Joseon Dynasty that was a 500-year long and strong Kingdom just before current Korean government in Korean Peninsula. It was for agricultural use. The official says the lake has not dried even though severe drought since built first. The lake shows beautiful sceneries rising fog in the early morning during the seasons of early summer or late autumn, along with long and old trees in the lake. When we went to the lake, the lake was frozen and the trees have no leaf and look lonely. It would have been better if it’s an early summer season. It’s 10 minutes away from my guest house.>

<photo 3: We ordered to have a dinner, a steamed chicken with natural mineral water. It was served by the restaurant which is also running guest houses we’ve stayed. We enjoyed the dishes, and especially soy sauce seasoned wild edible greens tasted fantastic.>

 

     
<photo 4: The First, Second, and Third Falls in Juwangsan(Mt. Juwang) National Park. There are three falls in Mt. Juwang. The mountain is made of strong stones but there’s water streaming all around the year, even during winter season, the driest season in Korea. The running and dropping water has made holes on the rocks for tens of thousands years. The small holes on the rocks have ended up the First, Second, and Third Falls, Juwangsan, Cheonsong County, South Korea.>

<photo 5: The Jangsubong(a peak on Mt. Juwang) seen at the opposite side. The gigantic peaks were made tens of thousands years ago when Korean Peninsula was drowned under the sea. It’s one of the sharpest peaks in mountains in South Korea.>

<photo 6: Bokwangjeon, a building in Daejeonsa(a Buddhist temple) and Jangsubong, a peak on Mt. Juwang, Cheongsong County, South Korea. The Bokwangjeon is the Korean National Treasure #1570. The meaning of ‘Bokwang’ is ‘Spreading lights’. So ‘Bokwangjeon’ means the special building for Buddhists in which the Buddha spreads his lights all around the world. In the building they set up special Buddha’s statues to worship.>