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Gwangju Pyeongchon Village

Gwangju Pyeongchon Village

광주 평촌마을 · Gwangju · Hanok & folk villages

Gwangju Pyeongchon Village, located north of Mudeungsan Mountain, is a cozy farming village made up of four villages Dongrim, Daman, Woosung, and Dangmoe. The village still has an excellence natural preservation, growing environmental-friendly rice in the fields and Punamcheon stream that runs through the middle of the village is home to fireflies and otters. The village also keeps the tradition of making pottery as the village was the place that made grayish-blue-powdered celadon during the Joseon dynasty. The village street corner offers visitors to Mudeungsan Mountain a place to rest with Mudol-gil shelter and Bandi lodging.

TypeHanok & folk villages
RegionGwangju
Address15 Pyeongchon-gil, Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City
HoursOpen 24 hr
ClosedMondays
ParkingAvailable

Getting there

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