Seosan is located at the northwestern end of Chungcheongnam-do, bordering on Dangjin-gun, and Hongseong-gun to the east and on Taean-gun to the west.
There's no Starbucks, departments stores, or McDonalds in Seosan. It's a small city and most of the coffee shops and restaurants are situated around the Seosan Bus Terminal. You would think there's nothing to see here but there's actually more than a few beautiful sites to explore, including the Haemi-eup Seong Fortress and Gaesimsa.
Haemi-eup Fortress is one of a few fortresses in Korea, whose original form has been completely preserved, where commander-in-chiefs served, and where Admiral Sun-sin Yi was on duty for 10 months as a military officer in the 12th year of King Seonjo. It is also a martyrs scared ground where about 1,000 Roman Catholic Church believers were executed in the 3rd year (1866AD) of King Gojong.
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It was a beautiful sunny day and we saw an ajeossi flying an amazingly long kite. He said it is made up of a total of 95 individual kites. Impressive.
If you are brave enough (or bored enough), you can even walk on the 5 meter high wall. And mind you, it's quite a distance before you can reach the next gate where you can get down.
Gaesimsa is treasure number 143 and one of the four major temples located in Chungcheongnam-do.
One of the ways that temples raise money is through these temple tiles. Donors purchase a temple tile and then write a message, prayer, or wish on the underside. Later, the tiles will be used to re-fit the roof.
The Seosan Tour and Culture website (seosantour.net) is actually more informative than expected and you can find a lot of information about the places worth going to.
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There's no Starbucks, departments stores, or McDonalds in Seosan. It's a small city and most of the coffee shops and restaurants are situated around the Seosan Bus Terminal. You would think there's nothing to see here but there's actually more than a few beautiful sites to explore, including the Haemi-eup Seong Fortress and Gaesimsa.
Haemi-eup Fortress is one of a few fortresses in Korea, whose original form has been completely preserved, where commander-in-chiefs served, and where Admiral Sun-sin Yi was on duty for 10 months as a military officer in the 12th year of King Seonjo. It is also a martyrs scared ground where about 1,000 Roman Catholic Church believers were executed in the 3rd year (1866AD) of King Gojong.
It was a beautiful sunny day and we saw an ajeossi flying an amazingly long kite. He said it is made up of a total of 95 individual kites. Impressive.
If you are brave enough (or bored enough), you can even walk on the 5 meter high wall. And mind you, it's quite a distance before you can reach the next gate where you can get down.
Gaesimsa is treasure number 143 and one of the four major temples located in Chungcheongnam-do.
One of the ways that temples raise money is through these temple tiles. Donors purchase a temple tile and then write a message, prayer, or wish on the underside. Later, the tiles will be used to re-fit the roof.
The Seosan Tour and Culture website (seosantour.net) is actually more informative than expected and you can find a lot of information about the places worth going to.
_____________________________________
Facebook: www.fb.com/koreatourism
Twitter: www.twitter.com/koreantravel
YouTube: www.youtube.com/visitkorea
Official site: www.visitkorea.or.kr
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