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Introduction of village
 The
name of Samwonsu Yakcho Village was originated form the history
that the three generations, Chung Jo, a military commander and civil
minister in Gorye dynasty, and his son, Young In Jo, and his grandson,
Ge Sun Jo, had promoted to the marshal. This village, very closed
to the boundary of Honcheon Gun, is located to the North from the
office of Hoengseong Gun, and is the starting point of Geumgyecheon
and the uppermost area with clean water in Hangang, has a great
value as a cleanest province. This village is proud of the best
quality of its blueberry, sweet pumpkin produced in the clean nature,
and provides the chance to enjoy the coolness and comfortableness
through rafting in Geumgyeceon. This village is a good place for
family unit to enjoy for Hoedaji song, a disappearing traditional
ethnic culture, and affluent traditional foods.
Map
Seoul – Youngdong Highway – Manjong diverging
point – Jungang Highway- Hoengseong IC- No 5 national
road (Direct to Hongcheon, Chuncheon) – Office of Gonggeun
Myun (Turn to the right to the direction of DongMyung after passing
over bridge and in front of 500m) – No 406 provincial
road (about 10km) – Samwonsu Yakcho village
Situation of village
a) Name of village : Sangdong Ri, Hoenhseong Gun, Gangwon Do
b) Location : This village, closed to the boundary of Hongcheon
Gun, is far away 12km from the office of Hoengseong and can be reached
through No 406 provincial road to the north.
c) Household and Population: 88 households
(Farming household : 70, Non farming household : 18) 215 persons.
Principal products and main sightseeing
resort in the village
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Name
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Producing
center and Location
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Production
and available period to visit
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Main
contents
(Production
volume, Number of visitors, etc)
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Revenue
(Year)
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Bokbunja
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Boundary
of Sangdong Ri
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End
of June
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950kg
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8 million won
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Blueberry
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July
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37,500kg
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30 million won
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Sweet
pumpkin
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August
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Sticky
corn
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July
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143 thousand ea
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50 million won
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Environment
friendly
Woorungi grain
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November
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This village has been producing the best
qualified and environment friendly rice due to the great temperature difference between day and night during the
period of cultivation. Normal yearly production volume is around 24,600kg.
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40 million won
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Social condition
- This village is a clean town, formed naturally,
preserving the nature of farming village as it is, and has the best
resource for leisure combined between human being/ nature/ culture.
- This village is trying to change
the taste and charm of hometown, they have, to some novelty experiences
and sightseeing themes to induce the urbanites, who want to stay
in the farming town for 2 holidays weekly coinciding with the government¡¯
policy, staying 5 days in the urban and 2 days in rural area in
a week.
- This village has tangible cultural
assets of Gangwon Do ( 3 floors stone tower and stone statue of
Buddha sitting) and cultural assets, valuable historically,
related to general Chung Jo.
- Experience
of Hoedaji Song
¡Ý Place to experience
▪ Boundary of Gangwon Hoengseong
Samwonsu Yakcho village
¡Ý Introduction
Hoedaji Song was sung by the labors
collectively who were working to level a site of house or to tramp
the soils after descending coffins in the grave. The original purpose
of this song was to decrease the strength of labor
mentally and to increase excitement by keeping time with physical
movement to the rhythm. The contents of song was to bless all sons
and daughters who gave birth in this house to be dutiful sons and
daughters and to enjoy all fortunes generation after generation
when labors were working to level a site for a house, and to comfort
the soul of the dead person by wishing them to go to the Heaven
for eternal life and by sing the emptiness of life and the sadness
of departure when labors were tramping the soils of grave. Visitors
can experience of Hoedaji song that raises the cultural pride to
revive the disappearing traditional folk culture, and allows the
opportunity to share common identity and to enjoy excitements in
Samwonsu Yakcho village.
¡Ý Local transportation
Seoul – Youngdong
Highway – Manjong diverging point – Jungang
Highway- Hoengseong IC- No 5 national road ( Direct to Hongcheon,
Chuncheon ) – Office of Gonggeun Myun ( Turn to the right
to the direction of DongMyung after passing over bridge and in front
of 500m) – No 406 provincial road ( about 10km) –
Samwonsu Yakcho village
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