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The City Of LoveNamwon

Namwon is a city of culture and tourism, where you can enjoy pristine natural landscape and colorful festivals all year around including the Chunghyang Festival, Heungbu Festival, Royal Azalea estival and Herb Festival with the clean natural environment of Jirisan Mountain as a backdrop.

Tourism

TourismGwanghallu Garden: Famous as a setting of the Tale of Chunhyang, Gwanghallu Garden shows our ancestor’s wisdom for adapting to and assimilating with nature.
The garden was built during the Joseon Dynasty to create a utopia in the world and was designated as Scenic Site No. 33.

TourismChunhyang Theme Park: Located in the Namwon Tourist Complex, Yanglim-gil, Namwon-si (land area of 116,000m2 in approximate), Chunhyang Theme Park includes a filming location for the famous film Chunhyang, directed by Kwon-taek Lim.

TourismHonbul Literary House: The Honbul Literary House was established to commemorate the novel of the same title ‘Honbul (Ghost Fire)’ written by author Choi Myeonghee. Located at Nobongan-gil, Samae-myeon, Namwon-si, Honbul Literary House is composed of an exhibition and Ggotsim hall.

FestivalsPainted Maple Festival: Sap of the painted maple, widely known as a marvelous remedy, is collected from painted maple colonies such as found in Baemsagol Valley, Dalgung and Banyabong Peak on Jirisan Mountain from around February 20 to March 20 every year (from the first rainfall of the year to the end of hibernation by the lunar calendar). This sap is garnering increasing attention.

FestivalsBaraebong Peak Royal Azalea Festival: Royal Azalea are in full bloom to create a spectacular scene at the foot of Baraebong Peak behind the National Institute of Animal Science (former Livestock Research Institute), Unbong-eup, Namwon-si from late April to mid-May every year.

FestivalsBaraebong Peak Snowflake Festival: We welcome you to Namwon Jirisan Mountain Baraebong Peak Snowflake Festival! The world famous Jirisan Mountain Snow Flake Festival is held at Herb Valley below Baraebong Peak. Royal azalea colors the mountain pink on a warm spring day and snowflakes cover the mountain silver white on a freezing winter day.

Local ProductsNamwon Kitchen Knife: Namwon kitchen knives must endure 6 phases of tempering and the blade is sharpened manually for high durability. Types of knives are small, medium and large and the handle is made of lily magnolia wood and aspen wood.

Local ProductsNamwon Rice: grown with sustainable farming practices in a clean natural environment with Jirisan Mountain and Seomjin River, Namwon rice is of the best quality.

Local ProductsMelon: produced in a prime soil quality and cultivation environment, the best quality melon is rich in taste, flavor and sugar content.