on the west coast of South Chungcheong Province,
famous for Daecheon Beach and its July Mud Festival
Sacred Sites of
Boryeong City
Our Boryeong Tour  Sunday April 1th, 2011
Generously hosted by Vice-Mayor Lee Hong-jip, CHA Director-General Uhm Seung-yong,
Prof Kim Jong-ok and their High School Alumni Association
The only surviving gate of Boryeong's Chungcheong Suyeong-seong, built in the early 16th Cen,
once the naval command fortress for the central west coast.  It's being restored by the CHA.
300-year-old pillar on a
hanok building that served
as headquarters for an
association of traveling
peddlers -- "the origins of
Korean capitalism"...
the western slopes of Seongju-san's Wangja-bong [Prince Peak], seen from Daecheon Station in March 2014
the Seongju-saji is just on the other side of this 513-m peak
the western slopes of Seongju-san's Okma-bong [Jade-Horse Peak], 602-m,
seen from Daecheon Station in March 2014