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Cheongsong Apple Festival (청송사과축제)

Cheongsong Apple Festival (청송사과축제)

0m    25681     2023-09-18

Wolmak-ri, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-873-3686

Cheongsong Apple Festival is held in the fall every year to promote the excellent quality of apples grown in the area. Cheongsong has the perfect conditions for superior taste and quality of apples, being located in a clean environment with a low amount of rainfall and plenty of sunlight. The festival offers various unique events and activities to entertain visitors.

Juwangsan Spa Tourist Hotel (주왕산온천관광호텔)

740.3847454112226m    16385     2021-08-10

315, Jungang-ro, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-874-7000

Juwangsan Spa Tourist Hotel is located approximately 15 minutes from Juwangsan National Park. The hotel has clean rooms, a Korean restaurant, banquet hall, and spa facilities. Guests may take advantage of the health programs offered at the spa or enjoy the hot springs sauna that uses alkaline water, which has been proven to heal chronic headaches and shoulder pain.

Dalgi Mineral Spring [National Geopark] (달기약수탕 (청송 국가지질공원))

Dalgi Mineral Spring [National Geopark] (달기약수탕 (청송 국가지질공원))

2.6 Km    17190     2021-06-24

16, Yaksu-gil, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-870-6111

Dalgi Mineral Spring was found approximately 130 years ago during construction of a waterway. The carbonated water has various minerals that help treat multiple diseases. The water is formed when rain water gets absorbed underground and meets carbon dioxide from the magma deep below.

Song jeong Historic House [Korea Quality] / 송정고택 [한국관광 품질인증]

Song jeong Historic House [Korea Quality] / 송정고택 [한국관광 품질인증]

2.6 Km    8154     2023-11-30

15-1 , Songsogotaek-gil, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-873-6695, +82-10-3891-2622, +82-10-8746-6690

Songjeong Old House in Deokcheon Village, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, is an ‘ㅁ’-shaped hanok and one-time home of Sim Sang-gwan, a wealthy gentleman of the early 20th century. The house is notable for its incorporation of the library used by Shim Sang-gwang. To the right is Songso's house and to the left a trail leading to a water well and a pine forest. The Korean-style rooms are ondol-heated with traditional wallpaper and natural cotton duvets. There’s a spacious yard where traditional Korean music can be heard, while the annual Old House music concerts are very popular.

House of Changsil [Korea Quality] / 창실고택 [한국관광 품질인증]

House of Changsil [Korea Quality] / 창실고택 [한국관광 품질인증]

2.6 Km    11157     2023-12-06

39 , Songsogotaek-gil, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-10-5100-3684

Changsil Old House is a courtyard hanok in Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do. It was built in 1917 by Sim Ho-taek of Songso as a home for his younger brother. The anchae (women’s house) and the sarangchae (men’s house) are arranged side by side, with the connected library and storeroom between them. Just inside the gate is a haengnangchae (servants’ quarters), and there is also a thatched hanok which is currently being rented out as a red clay room.

Songso House (청송 송소고택)

Songso House (청송 송소고택)

2.6 Km    43990     2021-10-25

15-2, Songsogotaek-gil, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-874-6556

Located in Cheongsong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Songso House also known as "Sim Wealthy Family House" was built around the 1880s. The house has all the features of a typical aristocrat house during the Joseon dynasty, consisting of a large sarangbang (main building) and individual chambers with a square-shaped front yard at their center.

The complex has an annex building on the side, where it has been renovated and now used as a guesthouse for travelers. Visitors spending a night at this traditional building can enjoy the quiet and peaceful atmosphere, as well as try out playing various traditional games.

Chalbanggong Head House [Korea Quality] / 찰방공종택 [한국관광 품질인증]

Chalbanggong Head House [Korea Quality] / 찰방공종택 [한국관광 품질인증]

2.7 Km    5840     2020-09-10

23-8, Songsogotaek-gil Pacheon-myeon, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-873-6502, +82-10-9502-7611

The Chalbanggong Head House is a resting place in nature that is open to everyone. The house was built in 1933 as the head house of Chalbanggong Shim Dang, a 9th-generation descendant of Akeungong from Cheongsong Shim’s Family. The place was also used as a village school and is designated as local cultural heritage no. 13. The structure of the house is shaped like the Korean alphabet "ㄷ". The fact that the gate of the house is facing north is very unusual. The house is positioned next to the Songso Old House, which has 99 rooms, and is composed of Ondol rooms heated by firewood as well as a wide yard and a vegetable garden. The place provides a comfortable resting space for those who want to enjoy the atmosphere of a traditional Korean-style house that they cannot easily see in urban areas. The rooms are papered with traditional Korean paper and equipped with beddings. The house is located in a region that is so quiet you can barely hear a thing except the sound of birds and wind. There is an ancestral shrine in the head house that looks just like a warm grandma’s house.

Juwangsan Mountain Seongcheondaek

Juwangsan Mountain Seongcheondaek

4.0 Km    10745     2021-04-09

12, Seodang-gil Cheongsong-eup, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-10-6711-6427

Seongcheondaek House with about 300 years' history is an old hanok guesthouse located in Cheongun-ri at the entrance to Juwangsan Mountain, which can be reached by driving along Yongjeoncheon Stream from Cheongsong County in Gyeongsangbuk-do. With the tranquil surrounding atmosphere among houses in the alley, the house features a typical square-shaped structure of the mountain region.
Seongcheondaek House is presumed to have been bought by Im Chun-seop, a high-ranking official during the reign of King Gojong (r. 1863-1907) of the Joseon Dynasty, but its exact construction date is unknown. It was designated as National Folklore Cultural Heritage No. 172 in 1984.
This cozy hanok house consists of the main gate with straw-thatched roof, square-shaped Anchae (Women’s Quarters), middle gate, Sarangbang (master’s room), tea room, old stable, Daecheongmaru (hall between rooms) overlooking the courtyard with beautiful scenery, and so on. In particular, guests can enjoy a romantic atmosphere from Daecheongmaru by appreciating the scene of falling raindrops or melting snow from the edges of the eaves.
The Munganchae (gate building) consisting of a bathroom and a kitchen has a straw-thatched roof and a renovated interior for the guests’ convenience. The square-shaped Anchae is composed of two guestrooms (Sarangbang and Anbang) and a reading room (Utbang). The rooms feature a traditional construction style with cozy and clean interior items including a small wooden table as well as clean beddings. In addition, a kitchen is situated in front of Anbang, displaying traditional kitchen appliances including a fireplace and two large iron pots, unlike a modern-style kitchen in Munganchae. Daecheongmaru of Anchae offers an open view of the outdoor landscape through two large wooden windows. In addition, a deep groove in the middle of the yard in front of Daecheongmaru catches one’s eyes. The groove is said to have been made due to the rubbing of the foot on the ground when weaving hemp cloth hundreds of years ago.
Guests can enjoy relaxation both during daytime and nighttime under a starry sky in the yard where a small wooden bedstead and a stone table are situated. Moreover, the house provides folk games such as neolttwigi (Korean see-sawing game) and tuho (pitch-pot) as well as the family art therapy program wherein family members can understand each other better through a painting and drawing activity. Surrounding tourist attractions include Juwangsan National Park and Jusanji Reservoir.

Head House of Pansagongpa Branch of Pyeongsan Sin Clan (청송 평산신씨 판사공파 종택과 분가 고택)

Head House of Pansagongpa Branch of Pyeongsan Sin Clan (청송 평산신씨 판사공파 종택과 분가 고택)

4.1 Km    12647     2021-12-08

16, Jungdeul 2-gil, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-870-6247

Located in Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Head House of Pansagongpa Branch of Pyeongsan Sin Clan is the head house of the noble Pyeongsan Sin family line. The house was created by Sin Han-tae during the reign of King Sukjong (1674-1720) of the Joseon dynasty. Since its construction centuries ago, the house has been inhabitated by the descendants of Sin Deuk-cheong, the 15th eldest grandson of General Sin Sung-gyem. This house has all of the features of an upper–class house of the Joseon period. The buildings of the house are built in a rectangular shape, with the courtyard in the center. The compound consists of Soteuldaemun (high-rising gate), Haengrangchae (servants’ quarters located next to the gate), Gotgan (storeroom in which grain and other items were stored), Anchae (room for the female family members) and a pavilion.

Seobyeok Historic House (서벽고택)

Seobyeok Historic House (서벽고택)

4.1 Km    7486     2021-11-01

22-2, Jungdeul 2-gil, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-870-6247

Located in Jungpyeong-dong at the family village of the Pyeongsan Sin clan, the Seobyeok Historic House was originally created when Sin Hanchang, a scholar from late Joseon dynasty, got married and moved out of his parents’ house. The house was expanded by Sin Chigu in 1739. The house and is built in a rectangular shape with 6 kan (traditional Korean measurement; space between two pillars) in the front, 4 kan on the sides and a courtyard in the middle.