Rediscovering Korea 'Seocheon, Chungnam, a place where time has stopped and where life has stopped' 1. Autumn croaker is back! - Seocheon Hongwon Port Mallyang Port, well known as a place where you can see the sunset and sunrise in the West Sea in one place, is not only famous for its beautiful scenery, but also for its Seocheon Gim farm, which boasts the best quality and taste in Korea. Seocheon's Gim is famous for its delicious taste due to its rich nutrients from the freshwater of the Geumgang River and the seawater of the West Sea. In particular, October is the month when Gim farming begins, so if you go to the Seocheon coast in the deepening autumn, you can see the stilts for producing Gim standing in a row on the tidal flats. Another sight you can't miss when you go to Seocheon is croaker. Hongwon Port is known as the home of croaker, and after the croaker festival in September, the port is bustling with croaker, which is in season. Taste croaker, the herald of autumn, where even daughters-in-law who have left home come back to the smell of grilled croaker. 2. Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - Hansan Mosi Seocheon is a land of loyalty that produced Mok-eun Lee Saek, one of the Three Hermits of Goryeo and a master of Neo-Confucianism, and it has the scent of Baekje that has continued for 1,500 years as the cultural sphere of Gibeolpo (the old name for Janghang), which was a strategic military and economic hub of Baekje. In particular, Hansan Mosi, famous as a specialty of Seocheon, the Jeosan Pal-eup Weaving Game centered on women that has been naturally passed down to inherit Hansan Mosi, and Hansan Sogokju, a representative lifestyle culture unique to Seocheon that has been passed down since the Baekje era, are traditional cultures enjoyed by both local residents and visitors to Seocheon, allowing them to get intoxicated by the scent of a rich culture. 3. The Return of the Autumn Fragrance - Shinsung-ri Reed Field Seocheon is a place with many reed forests. Looking at the characteristics of reeds that grow in colonies mainly in wetlands, tidal flats, and around lakes, it is a good example that serves as a measure of Seocheon’s natural environment. You can see reeds growing in colonies in every corner of fishing villages and fishing villages along the 200-ri Seocheon coast. Among these reed fields, the Shinsung-ri Reed Field located on the edge of the Geumgang Estuary Dam, which provides a good environment for migratory birds due to its many reed forests, was selected as one of the “7 Best Reed Fields in Korea” by the Korea Tourism Organization and is a popular filming location for photographers nationwide as a nature learning site for various educational institutions. In particular, the Shinsung-ri Reed Field is famous as a filming location for the movie JSA (Joint Security Area), where you can become the main character in the movie. You can also meet numerous migratory birds at the Geumgang Estuary Dam migratory bird stopover site and Yubu Island, the only inhabited island in Seocheon. Although it is early autumn and not easy to see various migratory birds, you can meet winter migratory birds coming here to build new nests this winter. 4. Ah, the old days! The first impression you get when you visit Pangyo-eup and Janghang-eup in Seocheon, where time has stopped, is 'stop'. A century of time has remained here. Now it remains as a memory in the name of history, but at one time, this was a place where many people settled down to live. Although it is located in front of time with a destiny of decline, unlike other cities that industrialize in proportion to the passage of time, when you walk here, you get the feeling that it will still contain the current appearance even if you visit in 10 years. In Pangyo and Janghang streets in Seocheon, where time has stopped for a moment, you will encounter the appearance of a hometown that was forgotten long ago. #RediscoveringKorea #Seocheon #WestSea