Let’s go “Cheongdo”

I am going to Gyeongbuk province where is the one of the great places as named “Cheongdo” today.

It is connected to the national transportation grid by the Gyeongbu Line railroad and the Daegu-Busan Expressway.

The street looks very quiet and clean. The weather was little blur but not cold.

The signs guide visitors at places.
 

I saw some Buddhist monk in the field. They were working on a farm.

There are 260 Buddhist monks this area. Somebody told me.

Here is Unmun-sa temple’s sign.
 

Unmun-sa Temple is one of Korea's major temples and it is situated on Tiger Mountain.

This is the gate of Unmun-sa.This is the inside of view. The temple was quiet and peaceful.

Some temple was under construction.

There is weeping fine tree. This tree was designate as a natural monument 180.

Little pine tree is so pretty. Isn’t it?

This is about Weeping red pine tree.

 This bell called “ Chungdong bell” It’s huge.

 Very peaceful and make me feel quiet. 

 Look, there are Buddhist monks.

They chanted a Buddhist prayer. I didn’t understand what they were saying, but I am sure something good wish everyone~

Wow , This is very big and splendid statue of the Buddha.

This colorful roof was so beautiful .

These are monk’s shoes.

Beautiful garden~

This is souvenir shop. There was lots of stuff that I have never seen before.

I could see Buddhist rosary and key holder. It was interesting.

Spring is coming. I am sure that if the weather is warm there will be lots of flower and trees as well.

It’s going to be nice ~

I choose the restaurant where looks the oldest one. There were many fish restaurants.


There was very special menu it called Bing fish. And it is fried. People say this location is the best for this fish.

Here is the restaurant’s table and chair. It looks bungalow.~

This is inside of restaurant. It was so like a KOREA…. Which is nice and beautiful.


We ordered fish stew.. um… It was spicy but soup was very good.

This is side dishes. All the vegetable and Kimchi was so delicious. 

This is spring parsley. A taste was very special.

This is fish stew. It was very good!! But hot! Haha.


After lunch we went Cheongdo Wine Tunnel, which is basically a wine cellar built into an abandoned railway tunnel.

Here is also famous for TV drams shooting spot.

The wine made and sold at the wine tunnel is not from grapes, but persimmons.

The manager told me 90% of the persimmons grown in Korea are from Cheongdo and there are trees bearing the fruit all over the city.

This picture is the inside of the tunnel. There is pretty light and persimmon scent~~ 

It is funny photo zone.

This is wine café.

Here, Gam wine is made of a local produce, Cheongdo flat seedless persimmons, and is a wine that has the full aroma, taste, and nutrition of fresh persimmons.



The manager told me that no matter which season, country, many customer visit here to taste this wine all year. I could learn how to storage, how to ripen to look exhibition.

It’s very nice to go out with date. The entire place was very romantic.

 This wine does not add any alcohol — it is made from 100% persimmon which is fermented with a special enzyme and is ripened for more than a year.

Here was very quaint and romantic little town with frosty permission trees all over the place.  

The light was so fantastic. Even in the day, it was like a night.


Why don’t you try a new world wine and peaceful place in Gyeongbuk cheongdo?

Go to Yeong- Deok Snow Crab Festival.

I‘ve heard the Yeong-Deok Snow Crab Festival from today~It is 14th festival and 11th~ 13rd on March.
If you’ve never been there before it is worth to go and eat delicious Korea snow crab!
This is not a crab. ^^
There is also going to hold some kind of singing contest tonight.
Since I didn’t have enough time I couldn’t see it. Too bad..

Here is Yeong-Dok Snow Crab City.

Wow!!!! There are lots of people and carb too!!I found one big stone which we can know we are in Yeong-Deok City.

We arrived 2 hours before starting festival…
So we just looked around all over the festival places.
It was very interesting ~

See? Here is the main spot let people know about “Snow Crab Festival~~~”

Most of design is crab. Haha...... that’s really cute. Isn’t it?

The festival started with Korean traditional play.

It was my first time to see actual Korean instrument.
The sound was very cheerful. I almost danced.
I saw some grandma and grandpa dancing together.

There are also lots of famous local products.

Here is a place you can know about multi-cultural family.

This is a Kimchi with crab. I’ve never heard this kind of Kimchi before.

It smell was very good and I would like to try it.
This kimchi was very very popular in this festival.

I couldn’t even eat a bite. Causes there are so many people.
Errrr I really would like to have a bite~~

And this is Crab Bibimbob. Ajumma(Mrs.) is maxing Bibimbob!

People who ate this one they were surprised!! It looks very yum!

This is BBQ. It’s whole pig. Wow!

I can’t miss to see lots of snow crab. Look at the color.
So beautiful~

Looks very delicious.. Isn’t it?
It was very hart to just see. Not eat at that moment.

I think I see very enough big crab for all of my life.

Looks yummy…

There are many kinds of food as well not just snow crab.
For me just look at was very interesting!

Everywhere was jam-packed with tourist.

This is An-Dong international mask dance festival.
I wanted to dance with mask.

This picture is whole festival place. It is huge. Isn’t it?

View was great. This is Sam-sa haesang park.

This building was beautiful and special.

Isn’t it looks like flower? But it’s not, It’s light bulb.
I bet it’s going be pretty in the night,

If you want to try fishing snow crab you can try it.
This place gets people together for snow crab fishing.

There was Korean main broadcast company which is MBC, KBS, SBS.

Main cameraman was recording me… I might be on new tv tonight! Yahoo!!

Wow ~ He is going to let snow crab go~~gogogo~~

It looks very fun!! Oh, one man catch a big one~

He is sharing snow crab with everyone~

After fishing there was Snow Crab action too.
They are trying to catch snow crab~. Some guys are pretty good~

Oh~KBS(Korean Broadcasting System ) news cameraman~

Fishing game was fun. Just watching make people excited.

I might try it next time~ I can bring Snow Crab my home.

Come and eat Snow Crab.
Even if you don’t like eating Snow Crab, there are many things to see and enjoy here.


And look at this beautiful sea… Just look at this sea. Makes me peaceful...

This Snow Crab Festival held 11th~ 13rd on March.
You can enjoy your mouth and eyes. Also you can bring Snow Crab with cheap price.
Also there are lots of free sample food stand such as Snow Crab Ramen, Snow Crab Kimbob etc..
Well this period is the only the time that I don’t care cost of Snow Crab and eat as much as I want!
Normally Snow Crab is pricy food. But not this time!!
The location is Samsa Heasang Park Ganggu-myeon Yeungdeok-gun.
Enjoy your day with Snow Crab and various events in Yeung-Deok!!