Geumsan, the home of ginseng, is a mountainous area located near Buyeo, the capital of Baekje. Many people gather at Geumsan where the national ginseng festival is held every fall during the harvest season. We stepped ahead and headed to Geumsan one summer day before the first blessing. Traveling along the ginseng body, go go!

Once upon a time, more than a thousand years ago. In Geumsan, there lived Gang Sae's house in Seonggokri. Kang Hyo-ja, a well-known Hyoja, runs back to life to save her mother when her mother is sick. Then, I prayed and prayed for healing my mother's disease at Jinaksan Gwaneum cave. As the spirit of the mountain was rooted, my mother was completely relieved.

Here is not the end. Gangchusa handed out the seeds of the perennial plant to the local people, who carefully planted the seeds and healed them with thick roots. The root of the grass resembles a human being more mysterious. That's why he got the name 'Ginseng (人蔘)'.

This is the legend of Geumsan Ginseng. Geumsan began to plant grass that grew in the mountains. 946, Seonggok-ri, Namnam, Geumsan-gun, where Gangchusa first planted ginseng is called 'gasamsam'. This is where ginseng began. Every year, thanks to Sanshin and Gangchusa who helped grow ginseng, they celebrate the good harvest.

The history of Geumsan Ginseng can also be found in the records. In Kim Bu-sik's Samguk Sagi, there is a record that Baekje Muryeong King sent “Baekjesam” as a gift to the Chinese Yang dynasty. Geumsan is a mountainous area near Baekje capital, Buyeo, and it can be inferred that Baekjesam's main production site was Geumsan. In the Joseon Dynasty, Sinjeung-dong Guyeojiseungram, Jinsan-myeon, Geumsan-gun, records Ginseng. After that, after the Japanese colonial period and the Korean War, Geumsan became the home of ginseng that is responsible for the production and sale of ginseng.

Can a festival fall out of ginseng? Around September, the annual harvest season of ginseng, Geumsan is thrilled with medicinal merchants and tourists from all over the country. At the same time, the Geumsan Ginseng Festival will be held. Participants go directly to the ginseng field to harvest ginseng, select good ginseng, sample ginseng dishes, and enjoy various ginseng experiences. Buying ginseng at an affordable price is a bonus for those who visit the festival. Of course, even if not during the harvest season and festival season, you can always get high quality ginseng in Geumsan. Ginseng that boosts immunity, where to live.

If you want to come to Geumsan and choose ginseng properly, first go to Geumsan Ginseng Building in Geumsan Town.

Think of it as a ginseng museum on the first and third basement floors opened in 2011.

This is a good place to go for ginseng after studying “ginseng”.

If you step outside the door, it is the bottom of the Geumsan ginseng market, which accounts for 80% of ginseng production and distribution. Geumsan International Ginseng Market, Geumsan Fresh Ginseng Center and Geumsan Fisheries Wholesale Market are located.

To buy fresh ginseng, take a look around the Geumsan Fresh Ginseng Center, where fresh ginseng from all over the country gathers and holds auctions every 1 to 6 days. You can find a variety of fresh ginseng at affordable prices. Fresh ginseng means non-dried biological ginseng. White ginseng is dried without processing, and red ginseng is cooked and boiled. In addition, depending on the quality of the product and the time of cultivation, it is also divided into ginseng, rice, and ginseng.

Now, let's go to taste ginseng that doesn't like high temperature or excessive moisture. Ginseng porridge and ginseng ginseng soup are the challenge menu of today.

First ginseng fried. You can taste it anywhere in the market. If you put a cup of ginseng Makgeolli for 1000 won on a root of 1,500 won of ginseng, it is also a good yogi. If you find Geumsan, you should definitely take root! The followings are representative gyosam ginseng porridge and ginseng samgyetang containing Geumsan ginseng.

Eomdeum is a delicacy that can be tasted at the bottom of Geumgang including Geumsan, Yeongdong and Okcheon Muju. Common style of the common people who make freshwater fish from the stems of Geumgang. 4 to 5 hours of flesh as well as bones to soften the sieve and strain. Cook the broth with rice and add miso and red pepper paste. Depending on the breakdown, noodle and sujebi may be added.

Ginseng added to this is Geumsan's delicacy Ginseng porridge. Ginseng is added to the end almost to make it unique. Ginseng porridge which is good for body, where should we taste?

Fortunately, there is a ginseng porridge village in Geumsan. Ginseng specialty shops are gathered in Cheonna-ri, Jeogok-ri, and Yonghwa-ri, which wear Geumgang. A golden fish holding a ginseng on the Jewon Bridge, located in the center of the village, with a thumb up, announces that this is a ginseng porridge village.

The thick and thick ginseng is deadly. Spicy yet juicy, light and thick. Ginseng's bitter scent is added to ordinary fish porridge. Nearby restaurants also sell ginseng porridge, torii bang bang and freshwater fish, as well as ginseng tempura. Either way, add some appetite.

Ginseng Samgyetang can be tasted in the town where Geumsan Ginseng Market is located. Ginseng Samgyetang, which contains ginseng in the familiar Samgyetang, is more popular as a tourist for locals than tourists. It is a nutritious food that can be solved without any side dishes. Why don't you go on a trip to Gumsan for two days and one night in front of the coming summer?

1. Nearby restaurants

Jeogok Restaurant: Ginseng porridge, Dori bangbang, Ginseng deep-fried / Geumsan Jewon-myeon Jeogokni
Ogol Restaurant: Ginseng porridge, Doribangbang / Cheonnaori, Gewonsan Jewon-myeon / 041-752-2638
Geumsan Wonjo Kimjeong Isamgyetang: Ginseng Samgyetang, Abalone Samgyetang / Geumsan Geumsan-eup Ginseng Yakcho-ro / 041-752-2678

2. Accommodation

Geumsan Ginseng Hotel: Ginseng Gwangjang-ro, Geumsan-eup / 041-751-6200
Nami Natural Recreation Forest: Natiggol-gil, Nam-myeon / 041-753-5706
Jinsan Natural Recreation Forest: Daedunsan-ro, Jinsan-myeon / 041-753-4242

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