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Blue House & National Park Bukhansan

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■ Subway information Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station (Lines 2 , 4, 5), Exit 12, 3-minute walk

■ Nearby attractions  N Seoul Tower - 40 min walk  Gyeongbokgung Palace (42-minute walk)  Dongdaemun History and Culture Park (1-minute drive, 0.7 km)

Myeong-dong Street (3 minutes by car, 2.2km )  Namdaemun Market (9-minute drive, 3.2 km)  Korea University (4-minute drive, 3.3 km)   Bukchon Hanok Village (4-minute drive, 4 km)   Gwanghwamun (4-minute drive, 4.2 km)   Lotte Outlet - Seoul Station Branch (4-minute drive, 4.4 km)  Hyundai Department Store (14-minute drive, 5.4 km)

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▶ Itinerary

★ AM - Cheonghwadae viewing time 09:00 or 10:30 A reservation is required to visit the Blue House.  ☞ Every Tuesday – Closed

Blue House reservation: https://www.reserve.opencheongwadae.kr/

Afternoon - National Park Bukhansan hike

travel plans

Visit the Blue House

Morning (09:00-10:30 or 10:30-12:00) Reservation

1 Entrance through the entrance of the Spring and Autumn Hall

Completed in 1990, the Chunchugwan was built to be used as a press conference venue for the president and as a report room for reporters entering and exiting the country . It was adopted in the sense that the meaning of recording history well symbolizes the spirit of today's free speech. The Spring and Autumn Hall has traditional elegance with earthen tiles placed on the gabled roof in harmony with the surrounding landscape.

2. Nokjiwon

It is the most beautiful place in the precincts of the Blue House, where there are about 120 kinds of trees and commemorative plantings of past presidents . In the Joseon Dynasty, it was used as a place to see the past of gates and martial arts by sponsoring outside the Sinmumun Gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace . It was also used as an outdoor event site, and various events such as Mother's Day and Disabled People's Day were held every spring, starting with Children's Day . It is about 150 years old and is 16m high.

3. Sangchunjae

Korean style houses to foreign distinguished guests visiting the Blue House, as well as as a place for ceremonial events and informal meetings . It has been renamed Sangchunsil (常春室) and has been used, and in March 1978, it was remodeled into a style wooden building with a natural slate roof. After that, it was renamed Sangchunjae (常春齋) and in April 1983, the total floor area was 417.96㎡. It was built as a traditional hanok -style house in

4. Residence

built to separate the president's public and private office spaces . The main building and the annex , which is a space for receptions, are arranged, and in the front yard there is a traditional Korean courtyard and Sarangchae. The main gate is made of three gates that match the atmosphere of a traditional hanok. ) It has a L-shaped roof with Korean blue tiles on the double eaves of the roof.

5. Sugung Site

The current location of the Blue House was the backbone of Gyeongbokgung Palace during the Joseon Dynasty . As Gyeongbokgung Palace was rebuilt in the 5th year of King Gojong , buildings such as Yongmundang , Yongmudang , and Oungak were built, and past examinations and martial arts competitions were held.
The present site of Sugung was the site of Sugung (守宮) that protected the royal palace at that time. During the Japanese colonial period, the Japanese Government-General of Korea built the governor’s residence on the site of Sugung, and after liberation, it was also used as the residence of Lieutenant General Haji of the U.S. Military Government headquarters . .After reconstructing the Blue House main building in 1991, it was demolished and restored as the site of Sugung in November 1993 in order to straighten the history.

6. Main building

The main building, which is located on the south side of Bukaksan Mountain, the main mountain of Seoul during the Joseon Dynasty, is the central building used for the president's office and foreign guests . was built on September 4, 1991, as a claim was raised . Based on the traditional wooden structure and palace architecture, the Paljak roof, which is said to be the most elegant and beautiful, was raised, and a total of 150,000 Korean-style blue tiles were connected. Single-story annexes were placed on the left and right of the main building on the second floor .

7. Guest House

This is the building where large-scale conferences and official events for foreign state guests were held. When a foreign president or prime minister visits, it was used as an official venue for folk performances and dinners to inform Korea, or as a venue for large-scale meetings and banquets of more than 100 people.
Construction started in January 1978 and was completed in December of that year, and 18 stone pillars support the entire building .
The first and second floors have the same hall. The first floor was used as a reception hall for foreign state guests, and the second floor was used as a banquet hall for large-scale luncheons and banquets.

8. Seven Palaces

Chilgung is the place where the tablets of concubines who gave birth to the king during the Joseon Dynasty are enshrined, and is located to the southwest of the Blue House. These include Sokseonggung (毓祥宮, Sukjong's concubine , Choi clan), Jeogyeonggung (儲慶宮, Seonjo's concubine , Inbin Kim clan), Daebingung (大嬪宮, Sukjong's concubine, Heebin Jang ), and Yeonhogung (延祜宮). Yeongjo's concubine Jeongbin Lee), Seonhuigung (宣禧宮, Yeongjo's concubine Yeongbin Lee clan), Gyeonggyeonggung (景祐宮, Jeongjo's concubine Subin Park clan), Deokangung (德安宮, Gojong's concubine Um clan), etc. 7 It is called Chilgung because there is a shrine for dogs. It has been closed to the public since 1968, but was reopened to the public on November 24, 2001. After it became possible for visitors to visit, visits to
Chilgung were often performed in conjunction with the previous visit to the Blue House .

9. Mugunghwa Garden

recreational park for citizens located on the site of an old house in Gungjeong-dong of the former Central Intelligence Agency .
Originally, this place was forbidden to enter the Blue House, but after the road in front of the Blue House was opened in 1993, it was created as a citizen park . In the park , various trees and wild flowers are planted along with the national flower, Mugunghwa, and there is a fountain opposite the Blue House. It has become a resting place for tourists and nearby residents.

▶ After lunch, climb Bukhansan National Park

About Bukhansan

Bukhansan National Park is a rare natural park in the city center in the world. It was designated as the 15th national park in Korea to fully preserve the beautiful natural scenery and cultural resources and to provide pleasant tour services. It occupies an area of about 76.922 km2 across Seoul and Gyeonggi-do, and is divided into the Bukhansan area in the south and the Dobongsan area in the north with Uiryeong as the center.

Bukhansan National Park is composed of granite intrusive during the Mesozoic Era. The granite ground that composes Bukhansan is weathered and eroded over time, and various types of joints such as Bornhardt , tor , plate joint , vertical joint , tafoni , gnama , and groove are used. appearing in the unknown. Geologically, the ground of granite has been uplifted and eroded from the Paleozoic Era, and it was formed by the Daebosan movement in the middle Jurassic of the Mesozoic Era about 200 million years ago .

Bukhansan National Park's representative geological attractions are located along ridges and valleys such as Insubong Peak, Samobawi Rock, and Gucheon Valley, providing a variety of attractions and serving as the best place for outdoor geological education in the metropolitan area. Seoninbong , Jaunbong , Manjangbong, Uiam , and Obong formed by huge granite are the representative peaks of Dobongsan and make a spectacular view.

dozens of clear and clean valleys are formed between the main rocky peaks made of huge granite, creating a harmony between mountain and water . In addition, numerous historical and cultural relics including Bukhansanseong Fortress containing the history of the past 2,000 years since the Three Kingdoms period, and over 100 temples and hermitages are located throughout, providing a variety of attractions, ecology, culture, and history learning places.

job as a “ green lung ” for the urban area . It is also widely used as a natural resting place for 20 million people in the metropolitan area. It has an easy-to-access transportation system and a huge hinterland from anywhere in the metropolitan area, and the annual average number of visitors is 8.65 million (as of 2009). Park" recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.

⚫ All services at the Seoul Urban Climbing Tourism Center are free for foreign tourists.

when climbing Bukhansan National Park. It is recommended to actively use the Seoul City Climbing Tourism Center !

How to get to     Exit 2 of Bukhansan Ui Station on the subway, turn left and go straight about 300m on the right side of the 5th floor of Gwanglim Building Seoul City Climbing Tourism Center ( BAC 5th floor, 52 Samyang-ro 173-gil , Gangbuk-gu, Seoul )

itinerary of the National Park Bukhansan Fam Tour organized by the Seoul Tourism Organization .

August 19, 2022 (Fri) 09:30 - Arrive at Seoul City Climbing Tourism Center

■ Fam Tour Schedule

Transfer - Center Introduction - Vehicle Boarding - Baegun Exploration Support Center - Yeongbong (mountain) - Hassan - (Vehicle Boarding) Doseonsa Parking Lot - Arrive at Center - Transfer - Shower - Meeting (meal)

Meeting with the head of the Seoul City Climbing Tourism Center

Introduction to the Center

in Seoul by operating a multilingual (English, Chinese, Japanese) guide service for foreign tourists . In addition, publicity materials such as Seoul tourism guidebook maps are provided.

②Provide a rental service for mountaineering items (mountain boots, mountaineering clothes, etc.) for foreign tourists visiting the Seoul City Mountain Climbing Tourism Center.

Rental service reservation: https://www.millim.in/en/goods/view/WQZEK-6892

③ You can use the rest lounge in the center to prepare before climbing, and you can leave memories with friends, family, and acquaintances who visited together in the photo zone .

④The Seoul City Mountain Climbing Tourism Center provides a variety of convenient facilities and services.
There was an explanation that changing rooms and shower facilities are available, and coin lockers are installed so that luggage can be stored.

⚫ Arrival at Doseonsa Temple - Board the large bus prepared by the Tourism Foundation and go to Doseonsa Temple

arrive at Doseonsa Temple, you will receive detailed information about Mt. Bukhan from a professional mountaineer appointed by you . After receiving information on precautions, and relaxing your body with light exercise, start climbing the Baekundae narrow road !

⚫ The hiking trail to Yeongbong is made up of round stones and rocks of different shapes . Right next to it , there is water flowing down from the valley. It is also a very good place to rest . As it is a national park, the hiking trails are well maintained. It is safe and there are no dangerous sections in Mt. Bukhansan, so it is a course that can be climbed enough even with sneakers and trekking shoes.

During a short break after arriving Harujae, I was able to hear a lot of information about mountaineering from a professional mountaineer . About an hour after departure, I arrived at Yeongbong . Dobongsan Mountain and Obongdo Island seen to the north are very close and look great.

⚫ A professional mountaineer's explanation continues while looking in all directions. BukhansanYeongbong 靈峰 (604m) is the best peak where you can see Insubong, the mecca of rock climbing in Korea. It is said that a memorial monument for mountain climbers who died while climbing, including Insubong Peak, was erected toward Insubong Peak, and it is said to mean 'the resting place for the souls of mountain climbers'. It is said that these monuments have now been moved to Mudanggol near Doseonsa Temple and formed into a joint memorial park.

Yeongbong is the fastest way to climb Yeongbong by using the Baekundae course. It goes down to Doseonsa Temple, but when going down, I was able to go straight down without a break . Arrive at Doseonsa Temple, light the area around Doseonsa Temple, board the large bus prepared by the Tourism Foundation, take a shower in the shower room located on the first basement level of the City Center Tourism Center , return the hiking boots, the top and bottom of the mountaineering suit, and the bag you kept in the locker Carrying the bag , they moved to a nearby place in Gundam, had lunch, ate the delicious food prepared with the delicious Hongtak 3 go, and then disbanded.