Chungju Chungju is the hometown of Jungwon culture. Prehistoric remains remain around the Namhan River, and in the Three Kingdoms era, it was a fierce battlefield to occupy Jungwon. It is also the place where Jungwongyeong was made among the 5 blind spots since the Three Kingdoms period. In January, a large amount of bronze artifacts from the early Iron Age were excavated in Hoam-dong, Chungju. In the early Iron Age tomb 19 artifacts were excavated all at once, including the Sejong bronze sword. Let's meet Chungju's history from prehistoric times to Goryeo dynasty along the Namhan River, which is dotted with intense historical traces and various ruins.

Since ancient times, the place where there is water has always been a place of people's living. Even now, prehistoric people who lived and settled in have chosen a place with water to live. The prehistoric ruins of Jodong-ri, located in Dongyang-myeon, Chungju-si, are large village ruins from the Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age, based on the Namhan River. The large river called Namhan River and the alluvial plains created by the flooding were suitable for people to live. Prehistoric ruins date back to approximately 7000 years. Since the Neolithic began to live for the first time, the Bronze activists continued their agricultural life 3000 years ago.

Jodong-ri History Museum is located adjacent to the entrance of Dongyang-myeon and Namhan River. It is a place where you can see the discovery process of Jo Dong-ri and various relics. It is composed of Jodong-ri History and Culture Center on the 1st floor, Jodong-ri Farming Room on the 2nd floor, and Memorial Hall for Huh Mun-hoe, agronomist.

The prehistoric ruins of Jo Dong-ri became known to the world as the ruins were exposed in 1990 due to heavy rain. Over the next ten years, some of the ruins of the Neolithic era, as well as the ruins of the Bronze Age, as well as the burning seats and huts were excavated. The ruins reveal that prehistoric people lived on a large scale in villages and active farming.

When you cross the bridge made of tempered glass that reproduces the scene of the excavation, you will meet the dioramas that tell the life of the time based on the ruins of the excavated house, umyu-gu, and the seat of burning, earthenware and grains. It is a place where you can spread your imagination through the excavated artifacts. A huge diorama of the bronze fighter who lived in a large village based on the topography of Jodong-ri. The life of the Bronze Age unfolds like a panorama of catching fish or farming by the river, raising livestock, harvesting fruit, and burning pots and baking earthenware.

You can also see the bronze life of the bronze fighter. This is a reconstruction of the 7th house found at Jo Dong-ri Prehistoric Site. The figure shows a man who trims the net, a child who grinds grains and shreds, and a woman who bakes fish on fire.

Jodong-ri Agricultural Room on the 2nd floor of the museum is a place where you can examine the use of agricultural artifacts discovered in Jodong-ri and the grains of the time. You can see the picture of the moisturizer used to plow the ground, the vandal knife and scythe used to cut the grain, and the use of the reeds and reed used to peel the fruit or grind grain. Among them, care was not only used to plow the land, but also a multifunctional tool that played a role as a shovel and a hoe. Wouldn't it be MacGyver knife these days? In the ruins of Jo Dong-ri, various traces of grain were excavated. Wheat was the largest with 723 eggs, and barley and rice, rice, rice, and park and peach seeds were also found. Most of them are carbonized, but it's easy to see the grain from 3000 years ago.

Next to the farm room is a place in commemoration of Dr. Huh Mun-hui, a farmer from Chungju. Dr. Huh, who has made great contributions to Korean agricultural history, has developed a unified rice that opened the rice self-sufficiency era. In Korea, there were four springs, often called “barley hills,” until the 1970s. It was a country that mainly produces rice, but most people did not have a warm meal.

Unification rice is a hybrid of Japanese and Taiwanese rice varieties, and is a cultivar developed by three-way breeding of IR8, which was nurtured by the International Rice Research Institute. Rice grown in Korea was weak against wind and pests, and the yield was very low a year. Since the unification of rice since 1972, rice self-sufficiency rate has surpassed 100% with increasing production.

Considering the time when we worried about meals 40 years ago, is our life too undeserved? Nowadays, when rice consumption remains unprecedented, it's a good idea to reflect on Barley Hill's days. In that sense, the commemoration room for the agronomist Humunmun teacher is a meaningful place.

Various traces from the Three Kingdoms Period to the Goryeo Dynasty remain around the Namhan River, which flows through the Chungju Jungang Pagoda to Yeoju. Crossing Tangeum Bridge is Changdong-ri, the first town in the middle of Pagoda. In Changdong-ri, there are simple, majestic stone towers of the Koryo Dynasty, stone Buddhas, and Mae Buddha.

If you cross the Tangeum Bridge for about 1km, you will meet Maebul, Changdong-ri, Chungju to the right. It's a magic fire carved on a rock wall facing the Namhan River over a small hill. As you climb the hill past the entrance, you will see a steep staircase leading down the river. He unintentionally descends the stairs and is amazed by the appearance of a huge 4 meter tall Buddha. A friendly and stern expression and harsh expression are typical of the Buddha's love. It seems to be a Buddhist image that wishes for the well-being of those who cross the boat by the Mae Fire, which is seen from the Namhan River flowing toward Yeoju.

The five-story stone pagoda in Changdong-ri and the stone statue of a stone pharmacist are standing side by side within 200m from Changae-ri Maaebul. It is easy to find the Jungwon Party that makes Cheong Myeongju designated as Chungbuk Intangible Cultural Property No.2.

Changdong-ri Five Storeyed Stone Pagoda and Stone Carved Buddha Statue are also known for the Goryeo Dynasty. The stone statue of the stone pharmacist is carved from the pharmacist's standing standing on the big stone. If Chang Dong-ri's Ma-a-bul has a blunt look, the pharmacist's statue is a cute figure with a gentle smile on his vivid face.

The five-storied pagoda has a slim pagoda on a thick two-story podium, as if two other stones were placed on it. The stone pagoda is from a nearby abandoned site, and the pharmacist statue was taken from a nearby abandoned mine. Standing side by side in a narrow open space, it offers simple yet splendid scenery.

Along the way from the Chungju-guguryeo Vision Exhibition Center to the Chungju-gugur Astronomical Science Museum, if you cross the hill, you will reach Bongwang-ri. On the way up the iron rod that runs along the Hanpocheon flowing into the Namhan River, there is Mae Buddha statue in Bongwangri, Chungju designated as treasure 1401.

Climbing steep stone staircase and iron staircase leads to the first rock climbing with 8 hearts. Various Buddha statues are engraved, including chants, offerings, and bodhisattva statues.

It was difficult to find all eight Buddha statues because it was built in the Three Kingdoms period and endured a long time. As if you are searching for hidden pictures, you can find them by looking at them one by one.

If you climb a little higher than the Buddha statue, there is a statue of the Buddha. Five fires which put the cross seat on the Buddha's widespread eye attract attention. If you turn your view in front of the Maae Buddha statue, you will come to the scenery of Hanpocheon, which is merged into the Namhan River, and the high mountain.

Jodong-ri Prehistoric Museum
Address: 15, Jodong 1-gil, Dongyang-myeon, Chungju-si, Chungbuk
Contact: 043-850-3992

1. Nearby destinations

Madang Garden: Freshwater Maeuntang / 441, Jideung-ro, Dongyang-myeon, Chungju-si / 043-851-4077

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Unjeong Restaurant: Olgang Haejangguk / 3432-1, Jungwon-daero, Chungju-si / 043-847-2820
Ahn Sungwoo Hanwoo: Hanwoo / 1512 Gagok-ro, Angseong-myeon, Chungju-si / 043-855-5808

2. Accommodation

Bonghuang Natural Recreation Forest: 540, Suryongbonghwang-gil, Gaeum-myeon, Chungju-si / 043-850-7315
Filim 37.2 Hotel: 17, Yeonwon-ro, Yeonsu-dong, Chungju-si / 043-842-0515
Beautiful house: 268 Jideung-ro, Dongyang-myeon, Chungju-si / 043-851-4022

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