Lee Hyo-seok Literature Forest

To make you feel the atmosphere of Bongpyeong, the background of Lee Hyo-seok’s novel “When Buckwheat Flowers Blossom,” the marketplace in the novel, exhibition of characters, Chungju House, a milling machine that stimulates hometown nostalgia, and a waterwheel are reproduced. You can also find an outdoor natural park where wildflowers are planted, shelters, a stage for poetry recitals, and a mineral spring. Various rare wetland plants grow naturally in the large wetland in the forest and the valley is an optimal natural ecological site because a large amount of crayfish that can only be found in clean areas live.

Lee Hyo-seok Literature Forest is a forest bathing place in the barrier-free road. It is a recreational facility built with support from the subsidy Green Fund by the Korea Forest Service and the Korea Forest Welfare Institute, equipped with a gently inclined deck road so that anyone can enjoy various benefits of the forest. All the disabled, the elderly, and children can take a walk with ease and enjoy the scenery of Lee Hyo-seok’s novels in nature.

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Birthplace of Lee Hyo-seok, Hyo-seok Moonlight Hill, Lee Hyo-seok Gasan Park, Lee Hyo-seok Culture Village, Bongpyeong Traditional Market, Chungju House etc.