Chungcheongbuk-do
As a city well-known for its diverse medicinal herbs like milk vetch root (hwanggi), angelica (danggui), wild greens, and various grains, Jecheon is full of healthy foods with special applications. The traditional markets provide steamed buns, sweet jellies, and donuts stuffed with medicinal herbs, while Yakseon Food Street serves a table full of healthy options including spicy stir-fired chicken with hwanggi, or medicinal beef bulgogi. Don’t forget to add red fish cake and sticky rice cake to your menu.
Embracing the Jecheon Hyanggyo Local Confucian School, this village has decorated its walls with Korean traditional folded paintings in 7 themes. Each mural, full of wit and humor, shows its unique character in rich and splendid colors. They include: a magpie and a tiger (iconic objects in Korean folk art), Munjado (a painting that depicts letters with embroidery), Pungsokdo (a cultural landscape) that reveals the daily lives of ordinary Joseon people, and so on. In addition, the small workshops here offer art experience programs to draw folk paintings on fans and make pottery cups.
Experience fee : 10,000 won (per 1 visitor) 30–40 min.
Making doorplate, handkerchief, tote bag, fan
Experience fee : 5,000 won–10,000 won (per 1 visitor) 40 min.
Making woodprint, letter carving, color print collage books
Experience fee : 10,000 won (per 1 visitor) 30–40 min.
Pottery experience (cups)
Experience fee : 10,000 won (per 1 visitor) 30–40 min.
Food experience (cookies / food therapy)
Location 18, Yongducheon-ro 20-gil, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do | Telephone 010-4877-3275 / 010-8007-7736
Three markets (Jungang / Naeto / Dongmun Market) are located at only a 10-minute distance by car from Jecheon Station. When you try the red fish cakes, which are as spicy as their intense color, it’s recommended to add fried foods and gimbap as side dishes. Hwanggi-rice steamed buns (made from hwanggi-infused water and rice harvested from around the Uirimji Reservoir) and handmade sticky rice cake are other special foods to try.
Location : 108, Pungyang-ro, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do
Closed on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month
Location : 5, Yongducheon-ro 11-gil, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do
Location : 22-6, Uirim-daero 16-gil, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do
Let’s indulge in a table full of healthy foods containing medicinal herbs. Spicy stir-fried chicken (dakgalbi), beef bulgogi including Jecheon hwanggi, steamed rice with white dandelions, nutritional hot pot rice garnished with sweet potatoes, beans, ginkgo nuts, and more dishes complete the balance between taste and health.
Most popular menu items : Hwanggi dakgalbi, Yakseon beef bulgogi, steamed rice with white dandelions
Location Between Doksun-ro 11-gil and Uibyeong-daero 13-gil, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do
This market right in front of Jecheon Station is remarkable for foods made from local medicinal herbs/specialties. Visitors can try sweet yanggaeng (traditional jelly made of red beans or chestnuts) with mulberry leaves and angelica, savory donuts including milk vetch roots, and a big acorn songpyeon (a half-moon shaped rice cake) containing bountiful nuts, after looking around the local specialty stores at the market entrance.
Daily Market / Periodical Market : Open on days where the last digit is 3 or 8
Location 3-1, Naeto-ro 28-gil, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do“To rice boiled in water infused with milk vetch root and shiitake mushrooms, add cooked herbs/ vegetables as the main ingredients including milk vetch root, acanthopanax senticosus, and mulberry leaves, and then mix all of this with herbal red pepper paste. That’s how Yakcherak Bibimbap brings us the rich flavor of nature.”
Restaurants with “Yakcherak” (the Jecheon-si government’s certification) have introduced dishes that contain 11 medicinal herbs as the main ingredients and 4 medicinal spices (hwanggi soy bean sauce, danggui red pepper paste, pesto with medicinal herbs, and mulberry leaf salt). Dishes like yakchaetongbab (medicinal cooked rice with vegetables), Ulguemtteokgalbi (grilled short rib patties with turmeric), and Ssamchaejeongsik (Korean set menu with vegetables wraps), as well as unique restorative menus are available for tourists at every restaurant.
Hanbang Baeksuk (Oriental medicine whole chicken soup) A combination of thoroughly boiled soft chicken meat, milk vetch root, and ginseng extracts in a thick and harmonious soup.
Rice with seasoned thistle Tossing soybean sauce into the rice with thistle brings out the vegetable’s unique aroma andmild texture.
Tofu stew In this local Jecheon cuisine, thick tofu slices are heated with beef, mushrooms, and extravegetables in a meat broth.
Dotori Mukbap (acorn jelly in cold broth) Chewy acorn jelly is put into cold broth, and is then garnished with Kimchi, fried egg, and a chopped & seasoned cucumber, giving the dish a refreshing taste.
Ssampbap Jeongsik (Korean set menu with vegetable wraps) Wrap seasoned meat, medicinal herb leaves, and ssamjang (Korean sauce for ssam dishes) in greens, and put it into your mouth in one go. Then, the remarkable flavor will amaze you.
Spicy pork back ribs Pork back ribs, boiled down in a spicy seasoning with medicinal herbs, with an addictive sweet & spicy taste.
Tteokgalbi (grilled short rib patties) Minced rib meat from native Korean cattle is roasted on a charcoal fire after being coated with a special seasoning, which leads to exceptional juiciness and flavor.
Sliced raw trout with greens Mix chewy the trout meat with fresh vegetables and seasoning, like when eating bibimbap. The plain flavor of the trout matches well with the sour/sweet seasoning.
Minmul Maeuntang (freshwater fish stew) This stew reveals the true plain texture of the white fish, while the soup delivers a spicy & thick flavor.
“The hotels stand in spots that look down on the entire Cheongpungho Lake area in a single view, and there’s no time to be bored, because tourist attractions can be found nearby. This private spa resort surrounded by a primeval forest is a gift from nature.”
A private healing resort surrounded by a dense primeval forest. Equipped with 200 separate house-type villa rooms and 250 boutique hotel rooms (which will open in 2021), the resort complex also has a trail with pinewood colonies and wild flowers. The “Have 9 Spa” is an experience program that combines naturopathy, oriental-medicinal therapy, and other unique therapies, while the Private Stone Spa and Infinity Pool are the most popular facilities. A private healing resort surrounded by a dense primeval forest. Equipped with 200 separate housetype villa rooms and 250 boutique hotel rooms (which will open in 2021), the resort complex also has a trail with pinewood colonies and wild flowers. The “Have 9 Spa” is an experience program that combines naturopathy, Oriental-medicinal therapy, and other unique therapies, while the Private Stone Spa and Infinity Pool are the most popular facilities.
Aqua Healing / Eco Healing / Mind Healing / Oriental Medicine Healing / Aroma Beauty Healing / Food Healing / Art Healing / Movement Healing / Children’s HealingLocation 365, Geumbong-ro, Baegun-myeon, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do | Telephone 043-649-6000 www.resom.co.kr/forest
This hotel offers picturesque views of the entire Cheongpungho Lake, including the waterborne art hall and cruise ships. One hundred and eighty rooms have been prepared, along with an outdoor garden terrace (with barbeque sets) and an indoor swimming pool.
Location 1798, Cheongpungho-ro, Cheongpungmyeon, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do | Telephone 043-640-7000 www.cheongpungresort.co.kr
This accommodation allows guests to enjoy the beauty of Cheongpungho Lake in the shadows of Geumsusan Mountain and Woraksan Mountain. Equipped with mountain/lake views, comfortable rooms, and an Oriental medicine sauna, the resort is a good place to take a break and avoid travel fatigue.
Location 1763, Cheongpungho-ro, Cheongpungmyeon, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do | Telephone 043-640-7100 www.cheongpungresort.co.kr
Located on the mid-slope of a mountain that looks down upon Cheongpungho Lake, the resort is reminiscent of the chalets in a small Alpine town. An outdoor swimming pool surrounded by nature is the most remarkable attraction at the hotel.
Location 1248, Oksunbong-ro, Susan-myeon, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do | Telephone 043-648-0480 www.clubes.co.kr
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