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ground of seasonal
birds with pine
forests and
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The Hwajinpoho
Lake, surrounded
by a white sand
beach and a
thick pine tree
forest, resembles
so much the
scenery of an
ocean side.
You do not feel
that it is a
lake. There
is a reason
for that. Just
as the Sonjiho
Lake, Hwajinpo
Lake is a lagoon.
A lagoon is
a lake formed
outside the
ocean by sand
spit, a reef,
and a sand bank.
The sand washed
down from the
river, which
connected to
the ocean and
thus completed
a lake, formed
the beach. The
sands of Hwajinpo
Lake are especially
white and clean,
due to its way
of forming,
and was declared
monument number
10 in Gangwon-due
for that reason.
The biggest
on the coast
of the East
sea, the perimeter
of Hwajinpo
Lake reaches
16 kilometers.
As big as it
is beautiful,
Hwajinpo Lake
won the hearts
of Kimilseong
and Leeseungman,
and their villas
are nearby.
The two villas,
facing each
other with the
lake between
it, still remain
and are used
as a tourist
attraction.
These two villas
were reformed
as History Museums
for Hwajinpo,
and are now
facilitated
by the army
headman supporters.'
It is open to
civilians, and
visiting here
and Hwajinpo
Lake will be
fun'. Hwajinpo
in the winter
is another attraction.
Big swans, black
beak swans,
eagles, and
many more migrating
birds gather
in Hwajinpo.
Hwajinpo Lake
creates a grand
sight with the
migrating birds.
In mid-winter,
January or February,
you can enjoy
the smell of
fishing. Surrounding
the lakes are
the remains
of prehistoric
times, which
can be used
as a training
center. Ten
dolmens are
located in there
of Hwapo-ri
and Jukjeong-ri.
The area of
Hwajinpo has
table shaped
dolmen, and
is the southern
sea boundary
line. The thick
forests, a lake
with a clean
beach, the villas
of the north
and south Korean
leaders, the
scenery of the
migrating birds,
and the prehistoric
remains, these
are what you
will meet at
Hwajinpo Lake.
The harmony
of something
that doesn’t
seem to match
at all, this
is the charm
of Hwajinpo
Lake.
It has presented
a grand sight
with some rare
species of birds
like natural
monument No.
201, swan and
the ducks since
1970s. There
is Geumgudo(island)
off the coast
of Chodo-ri
which was used
as the base
of the naval
forces during
Silla Dynasty.
It is covered
with bamboo
trees, in the
middle of which
some vestiges
of old times
were found in
April, 1997.
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| History
security museum |
| Tourists
can see the
important historical
events and life
style of Korea.
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The
castle
of Hwajinpo(Kim
llseong's
summer
house)
: A missionary
couple
asked
A missionary
couple
asked
a German
political
exile
and architect,
Beber
to build
it and
it was
built
in 1938.
Kim ilseong
and his
family
used it
as a summer
house
from 1948,
which
was two
years
Korean
War. This
is a two-story
building
with a
basement
but was
damaged
during
the war.
It was
restored
in March,
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Leeseungman’s
summer
house
Leeseungman's
villa,
the first
president,
was built
in 1954,
and in
1961 it
was ruined
and removed.
However,
in July
1999,
the army
rebuilt
it like
the original
and managed
it as
a pavilion
with the
contributed
53 articles
left by
the departing
of his
family.
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Leegibung’s
summer
house
It was
built
in 1920s
by foreign
missionaries
and preserved
until
today.
It was
used as
a recreation
facility
by executives
of the
North
Korean
communists
party
right
after
the liberation,
and from
the time
of truce,
Park Maria,
wife of
the vice-president
of the
time,
Leegibung,
used it
as a private
villa.
It was
repaired
to a museum
in July,
1999.
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all
through
the
year
Open
hours
:
09:00~17:30,
09:00~18:00(7.15~8.20)
09:00~17:00(11.1~2.28)
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Adults
W2,000
Students
W1,000
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Hwajinpo
History
security
museum
82-33-680-3359
Hwajinpo
Tourist
Information
center
82-33-680-3677
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Take
a
local
bus
from
Sokcho
express
terminal
to
Tongil-Jeonmangdae
stop
Hwajinpo(about
1hour)
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| Hwajinpo
Aquarium |
| This
is the only
and the best
ocean museum
of the east
coast |
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This is
the only
and the
best ocean
museum
of the
east coast.
It displays
shellfished,
fossils,
corals
and rare
fish.
A building
shaped
like a
ship was
built
near shellfish
museum
and then
they became
ocean
museum.
The museum
which
is the
largest
in East
Coast
was organized
with the
aid of
fish researchers
of Coex
Aquarium,
Seoul
There
are about
125 species
and 2400
fish including
some corals,
tropical
fish,
fish living
in east
coast.
There
also is
an undersea
tunnel
which
will give
you a
mystery
and unforgettable
experience.
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all
through
the
year
Open
hours
:
9:00
~
18:00(Mar.~Sep.),9:00
~
17:00(winter)
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Adults
£Ü5,000
Students
\4,000
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Hwajinpo
Aquarium
82-33-682-7300,
681-8157
Hwahinpo
Tourist
Imformation
Center
82-33-680-3677
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Take
a
local
bus
from
Sokcho
express
terminal
to
Tongil-Jeonmangdae
stop
Hwajinpo(about
1
hour)
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