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TRAVEL
A Trip Back to Olden Times
Suncheon City
When the stress of today can be
too much, an escape to the
olden times for a day could
work as the perfect cure.
Suncheon city presents a guided
city tour this fall, starting with the
Suncheon drama set. More than 1,000
people visit the set every weekend to
see the set location of “East of Eden,”
a hit TV series on MBC.
The set, built in an old army camp
in Jorei-dong, is a very delicate recreation
of Seoul in the 1950s to 1980s. It
has hillside slums, markets and coal
towns.
Many other TV series and films —
“Love and Ambition,” “Once in A
Summer,” “Mapado 2” and “Sunny” —
were also shot there.
For the next stop on the tour, one
can choose either Seonamsa or
Songwangsa. Situated near Jogyesan,
both are Buddhist temples more than
1,200 years old.
During this time of the year, when
the hiking trail that connects the two
is covered with autumn leaves, the
natural beauty is beyond description.
The temples hold many treasures.
The tour later takes you to Nagan
Fortress, which is located in the western
side of the city. It consists of three towns
with markets, straw-roofed homes and
castles, which were built in the 1300s.
The historical area preserves the
A drama set in Suncheon
where many TV series and
films including “East of Eden”
were shot
Seonamsa
BY PARK MIN-YOUNG
STAFF WRITER
Seung-sun bridge in Seonamsa, Suncheon, Jeollanam-do
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