Natural Ecology Resources
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Seongsusan Mountain King’s Forest Eco-Tourism
Imsil-gun is building an eco-tourism site called ‘King’s forest’ based on the founding stories in Sangiam – Taejo Wang Geon of Goryeo dynasty and Yi Seong-gye of Joseon dynasty. The surroundings of Sangiam is where Seongsusan Mountain’s nine valleys’ water forests gather, and it will be provided as relaxing resort through various natural resources like king’s road, eco pond, nature school, wild flower park and etc. Behind Sangiam, there are Cheongsil pear trees which is national native species, not many have remained and summit of the mountain is even designated as seperate management area for outstanding ecological resources.
- Address
- Jeollabuk-do Imsil-gun Seongsu-myeon Seongsu-ri 107
- Inquiry
- 063-640-2603 (Culture Tourism Cheese Division, Imsil-gun)
Cheongsil Pear Tree
Cheongsil pear tree is similar species to sandol pear tree(Pyrus ussuriensis Maxim) grows in mountain. Cheongsil pear tree in Sangiam, Imsil-gun is told that Yi Seong-gye, the first king of Joseon, came to Seongsusan Mountain and planted it with prayer in late Goryeo. Cheongsil pear tree is very rare Korean native species and known to be found only in Jinan Maisan Mountain and Jeongeup up to now but recently it has found in Seongsusan Mountain.
Experience Program
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Imsil Cheese Theme Park
When people visit Imsil, there is Imsil Cheese Theme Park on the green grass with exotic scenery and architectures of Switzerland style. Here, visitors can have various experiences related to cheese and can obtain helpful information about the history of Imsil cheese. During every October, Imsil N Cheese Festival is held.
– Seasonal program
· Course A: Cheese experience + A meal (Handmade cheese pork cutlet or spaghetti)
· Course B: String cheese experience + Pizza experience
· Course C: Cheese experience + Pizza experience + a meal (Handmade cheese pork cutlet)
· Course P: Cheese experience + Pizza experience + Soap + A meal (Handmade cheese pork cutlet)
· Course S: Cheese dishes + A meal (Wine+ personally made dishes + herbal tea)
· Optional experience: Cheese + Pizza, Making Cheese, Pizza, and Sprout Postcards, and Making a badge
· 4D Theater
· Fondue experience, European style clothing rental
- Address
- Jeollabuk-do Imsil-gun Seongsu-myeon Doin2-gil 50
- Inquiry
- 063-643-2300
- Website
- Shortcut
When people visit Imsil, there is Imsil Cheese Theme Park on the green grass with exotic scenery and architectures of Switzerland style. Here, visitors can have various experiences related to cheese and can obtain helpful information about the history of Imsil cheese. During every October, Imsil N Cheese Festival is held.
– Seasonal program
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Course A: Cheese experience + A meal (Handmade cheese pork cutlet or spaghetti)
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Course B: String cheese experience + Pizza experience
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Course C: Cheese experience + Pizza experience + a meal (Handmade cheese pork cutlet)
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Course P: Cheese experience + Pizza experience + Soap + A meal (Handmade cheese pork cutlet)
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Course S: Cheese dishes + A meal (Wine+ personally made dishes + herbal tea)
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Optional experience: Cheese + Pizza, Making Cheese, Pizza, and Sprout Postcards, and Making a badge
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4D Theater
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Fondue experience, European style clothing rental
- Address
- Jeollabuk-do Imsil-gun Seongsu-myeon Doin2-gil 50
- Inquiry
- 063-643-2300
- Website
- Shortcut
911 Safety Experience
This is a cultural space where the entire family can enjoy a new concept of safety play; there are 4 different themed exhibitions and outdoor experience facilities so that visitors from toddlers to adults can experience the disaster and safety experience in a story-telling format.
– Experience program
· Comprehensive disaster experience (primary school students or older) 1 hour and 40 minutes
· Crisis escaping experience (4th-grade students or older) 1 hour and 40 minutes
· Children’s safety village (ages 5~7) 1 hour and 10 minutes
· Professional first aid education (for adults, children of ages 5 or older for families during the weekends) 2hours
· Water safety experience (ages 5 or older) 2 hours and 30 minutes
· Survival swimming education (primary school students or older) 3hours / 163 Hoguk-ro, Imsil-eup, Imsil-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea
- Address
- Jeollabuk-do Imsil-gun Imsil-eup Hoguk-ro 1630
- Inquiry
- 063-290-5676
- Website
- Shortcut
This is a cultural space where the entire family can enjoy a new concept of safety play; there are 4 different themed exhibitions and outdoor experience facilities so that visitors from toddlers to adults can experience the disaster and safety experience in a story-telling format.
– Experience program
·
Comprehensive disaster experience (primary school students or older) 1 hour and 40 minutes
·
Crisis escaping experience (4th-grade students or older) 1 hour and 40 minutes
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Children’s safety village (ages 5~7) 1 hour
and 10 minutes
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Professional first aid education (for adults, children of ages 5 or older for families during the weekends) 2hours
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Survival swimming education (primary school students or older) 3hours / 163 Hoguk-ro, Imsil-eup, Imsil-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea
- Address
- Jeollabuk-do Imsil-gun Imsil-eup Hoguk-ro 1630
- Inquiry
- 063-290-5676
- Website
- Shortcut
Historical Culture Resource
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Sangiam Seongsusan Mountain has a form of Gulyongjaengju, which is the shape of Nine dragons fighting for beads. Sangiam where the opening story of Goryeo dynasty and Joseon dynasty are passed down is a branch temple of Sungunsa Temple, the headquarters of the 24th Jogye Order parish. In the colonial age, Lee Seok-yong, the general of resistance used this place as headquarter of the anti-Japanese movement. It was destroyed by the Japanese soldiers and reconstructed once, but destroyed again during the Korean War. The current building was rebuilt in 1958.
- Address
- Jeollabuk-do Imsil-gun Seongsu-myeon Seongsusan-gil 658
- Inquiry
- 063-642-6263
Lodging
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- Sesim Recreational Forest
- Jeollabuk-do Imsil-gun Samgye-myeon Imsam-ro 485
063-644-4611 - Haneul Guleumgil Kaempingjang
- Jeollabuk-do Imsil-gun Seongsu-myeon Wangbang-ri 356-1
063-642-9501
- Osu Pet Campsite (Pet friendly)
- Jeollabuk-do Imsil-gun Geumam-ri 200-3
010-4221-1517 - Gangbyeonsari Campsite
- Jeollabuk-do Imsil-gun Deokchi-myeon Gangdong-ro 865-20
010-3667-1351
Recommended Course
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Coordinate Tourism
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Wangbang(Obong) reservoir
From the Sungsu-myeon office, you can meet the Wangbang (Obon) reservoir by driving along the national road no.30 on the right side of Jinan. There are plenty of fish stocks such as sea bream, red snapper, smelt, catfish, and carp. In recent years, the influx of visitors for fishing eels has been increasing.
- Address
- Jeollabuk-do Imsil-gun Seongsu-myeon Obong-ri 100
- Inquiry
- 063-640-4156
Okjeongho LakeOkjeongho Lake is a huge artificial lake that was created after constructing Seomjin River Multipurpose Dam. Total area is 763㎢ and its reservoir area is 26.3㎢ with a total storage capacity of 433,000 tons. The island floating in the lake resembles a carp, is well known as carp island these days.
Address Jeollabuk-do Imsil-gun Unam-myeon Youngun-ri 260
Inquiry 063-640-4082
A bio-resource Survey
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Biological Distribution Range
Wangbang village, Seongsusan, Sangiam, Wangbang Reservoir, King’s forest
Remark
Imsil has various types of insects.
There is a 500-year-old pear tree that was planted by the king, Lee Seong-gye, from Joseon dynasty; also there is a 120-year-old conjoined Thunja Standishii.
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Korean persicary (Gomari)
PlantThere are hook-like thorns on the stem of this plant. There are 2 different hypothesis for the origin of Korean name, Gomari: Korean persicary purifies polluted water so that some Korean called it as, Gomauri or Gomauni, which means “thankful herb”; and the name has changed to Gomari. Others say that it is actually derived from the Korean word “Geuman” which means to stop; The plant grew over everywhere, so people wanted to stop its distribution. So they called it as Geumani or Gomani at first, but finally called it as, Gomari.
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India quassia wood (Sotaenamoo)
PlantThis plant is a deciduous tree that grow in a relatively humid soil in low altitudes of mountainous areas. Korean people often use the phrase “as bitter as sotae (cow’s gall)” to express how bitter something is; Korean name of India quassia wood, sotaenamoo, is derived from the phrase. In the past, to wean a baby, mothers put extracts of India quassia wood onto their breast to make breast milk bitter.
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Otter
AnimalMale otters are usually larger than the females. They often weigh more than 10 kg. Otters breeds two babies at a time on average. They live throughout the country where there is fresh water. They have streamlined bodies and webbed feet, which enable them to move freely underwater. They eat almost everything such as fish, frogs and ducks. They gather stones and sand in the middle of the stream to excrete. The feces have many fish bones, scales, frog bones, and duck bones and they usually smell fishy.
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Japonica saepestriata (Sigadogyulbidbujeonnabi)
Insect speciesThe top of the wing is orange and the back is lined with dots like city streets. Japonica saepestriata has bumps that look like antennas in the back; the bumps protect the species from birds. Butterflies found in Korea have various Korean names, thanks to the effort of Seok Joo-myeong (1958-1950), an entomologist in Korea. Japonica saepestriata’s Korean name is Sigadogyulbidbujeonnabi; the name was given because the wing patterns resemble the map of Seoul city.
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Korean snakeheaded fish
Fish speciesIt can grow up to 1 m long and the entire body is covered by scales. The body is cylindrical shape and the head is flat. The base of the dorsal fin and back fin is long, and the tip of the tail fin is round. The body is light brown with regularly arranged dark brown dots. It has an extra breathing apparatus that enables the fish to breathe outside of water; it has strong tolerance to water quality or oxygen.
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Actinidia polygama
PlantIt is a deciduous climbing tree that grows around the slopes of mountains and sunny valleys. The stem is usually between 4 to 6 m long and is fully filled with white substance. Korean calls something sweet as Darea ; however this species is called Gae-darea, which means it doesn’t taste good at all and it is a fake Darea.
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Yellow-throated bunting
BirdThe total body length is 16 cm. The male’s cheeks and chest are black while its crest is brownish black. The black triangular shape is on its chest. The eye coverts and throat are yellow. Its back is brown with light gray and black stripes. The waist is gray and the belly is white; there are brown stripes on its sides. In winter, the colors of the cheeks and chest are dimmed.
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Roe deer
AnimalOnly males have horns, and they lose their horns in late fall. Due to delayed implantation, its population is smaller than water deer. It lives in a higher place than water deer. We can check its habitat by its mark of territory with horns.
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Treebrowns
InsectIt's wings are dark brown. The half-edge of the upper wings are slightly brighter. The back sides are in similar colors, but the diagonal bands in the center are more prominent than the front. There are two ring patterns near the head. The rear wings are lined with 6mm ring patterns along the outer edge. It has a habit to chase after other butterflies.
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Toad lily
PlantToad lily is a perennial plant that grows in mountain forests. The subterranean stem grows straight and long; the fibrous roots grow out from the nodes. The stem stands straight and grows to a height of 40 to 100 cm. The leaves grow in alternate leaf-arrangement; the wide oval-shaped leaves are 5 to 51 cm long and 2 to 7 cm wide; the edges are dull
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Jay
BirdJay is a resident bird in Korea that can be found all over the country. It is about 33 cm long. The back and belly are pink brown. There is a contrast between the white waist and the black tail. The wing coverts have black and blue lines that cross horizontally. The wings have bold white patterns. The pinstriped crest on the head looks like a pigtail. There are wide black lines on the cheeks.
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Badger
AnimalA badger excretes on the mountain path and eat insects like beetles that gather to its feces. Just like a weasel, it has a voracious appetite and eats almost everything – insects, snakes, fruits like mulberry and Siberian gooseberry. Similar to boar, it digs a pile of leaves to eat earthworms and makes traces. It gathers fallen leaves to its cave to hibernate.
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King spine loach
FishMost of them are 10 to 15 cm in length, but larger fish rarely appear, which are bigger than 18 cm; they are larger than other loach family. The body and the head, just like other loach family, is long and flat. The eyes are small and centrally located on the right and the left side of the head, tilted upwards. There are small prickles under the eye.
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Jewel bug
InsectJewel bug is an insect of the splendidulus family that parasites on plants like boxwood trees and Oriental arbor vitaes. It can be observed from May to November. It is about 17 to 20 mm long; it is dark yellow-green with colorful red stripes. The body color changes, when viewing form different angles due to the glossy surface. The outer sides of red stripes are covered with black borders.
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Source by
National Institute of Biological Resources
(https://species.nibr.go.kr)Korea National Arboretum
(https://www.nature.go.kr)
A bio-resource Survey
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Biological Distribution Range
Wangbang village, Seongsusan, Sangiam, Wangbang Reservoir, King’s forest
Remark
Imsil has various types of insects.
There is a 500-year-old pear tree that was planted by the king, Lee Seong-gye, from Joseon dynasty; also there is a 120-year-old conjoined Thunja Standishii.
-
Korean persicary (Gomari)
PlantThere are hook-like thorns on the stem of this plant. There are 2 different hypothesis for the origin of Korean name, Gomari: Korean persicary purifies polluted water so that some Korean called it as, Gomauri or Gomauni, which means “thankful herb”; and the name has changed to Gomari. Others say that it is actually derived from the Korean word “Geuman” which means to stop; The plant grew over everywhere, so people wanted to stop its distribution. So they called it as Geumani or Gomani at first, but finally called it as, Gomari.
-
India quassia wood (Sotaenamoo)
PlantThis plant is a deciduous tree that grow in a relatively humid soil in low altitudes of mountainous areas. Korean people often use the phrase “as bitter as sotae (cow’s gall)” to express how bitter something is; Korean name of India quassia wood, sotaenamoo, is derived from the phrase. In the past, to wean a baby, mothers put extracts of India quassia wood onto their breast to make breast milk bitter.
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Otter
AnimalMale otters are usually larger than the females. They often weigh more than 10 kg. Otters breeds two babies at a time on average. They live throughout the country where there is fresh water. They have streamlined bodies and webbed feet, which enable them to move freely underwater. They eat almost everything such as fish, frogs and ducks. They gather stones and sand in the middle of the stream to excrete. The feces have many fish bones, scales, frog bones, and duck bones and they usually smell fishy.
-
Japonica saepestriata (Sigadogyulbidbujeonnabi)
Insect speciesThe top of the wing is orange and the back is lined with dots like city streets. Japonica saepestriata has bumps that look like antennas in the back; the bumps protect the species from birds. Butterflies found in Korea have various Korean names, thanks to the effort of Seok Joo-myeong (1958-1950), an entomologist in Korea. Japonica saepestriata’s Korean name is Sigadogyulbidbujeonnabi; the name was given because the wing patterns resemble the map of Seoul city.
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Korean snakeheaded fish
Fish speciesIt can grow up to 1 m long and the entire body is covered by scales. The body is cylindrical shape and the head is flat. The base of the dorsal fin and back fin is long, and the tip of the tail fin is round. The body is light brown with regularly arranged dark brown dots. It has an extra breathing apparatus that enables the fish to breathe outside of water; it has strong tolerance to water quality or oxygen.
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Actinidia polygama
PlantIt is a deciduous climbing tree that grows around the slopes of mountains and sunny valleys. The stem is usually between 4 to 6 m long and is fully filled with white substance. Korean calls something sweet as Darea ; however this species is called Gae-darea, which means it doesn’t taste good at all and it is a fake Darea.
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Yellow-throated bunting
BirdThe total body length is 16 cm. The male’s cheeks and chest are black while its crest is brownish black. The black triangular shape is on its chest. The eye coverts and throat are yellow. Its back is brown with light gray and black stripes. The waist is gray and the belly is white; there are brown stripes on its sides. In winter, the colors of the cheeks and chest are dimmed.
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Roe deer
AnimalOnly males have horns, and they lose their horns in late fall. Due to delayed implantation, its population is smaller than water deer. It lives in a higher place than water deer. We can check its habitat by its mark of territory with horns.
-
Treebrowns
InsectIt's wings are dark brown. The half-edge of the upper wings are slightly brighter. The back sides are in similar colors, but the diagonal bands in the center are more prominent than the front. There are two ring patterns near the head. The rear wings are lined with 6mm ring patterns along the outer edge. It has a habit to chase after other butterflies.
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Toad lily
PlantToad lily is a perennial plant that grows in mountain forests. The subterranean stem grows straight and long; the fibrous roots grow out from the nodes. The stem stands straight and grows to a height of 40 to 100 cm. The leaves grow in alternate leaf-arrangement; the wide oval-shaped leaves are 5 to 51 cm long and 2 to 7 cm wide; the edges are dull
-
Jay
BirdJay is a resident bird in Korea that can be found all over the country. It is about 33 cm long. The back and belly are pink brown. There is a contrast between the white waist and the black tail. The wing coverts have black and blue lines that cross horizontally. The wings have bold white patterns. The pinstriped crest on the head looks like a pigtail. There are wide black lines on the cheeks.
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Badger
AnimalA badger excretes on the mountain path and eat insects like beetles that gather to its feces. Just like a weasel, it has a voracious appetite and eats almost everything – insects, snakes, fruits like mulberry and Siberian gooseberry. Similar to boar, it digs a pile of leaves to eat earthworms and makes traces. It gathers fallen leaves to its cave to hibernate.
-
King spine loach
FishMost of them are 10 to 15 cm in length, but larger fish rarely appear, which are bigger than 18 cm; they are larger than other loach family. The body and the head, just like other loach family, is long and flat. The eyes are small and centrally located on the right and the left side of the head, tilted upwards. There are small prickles under the eye.
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Jewel bug
InsectJewel bug is an insect of the splendidulus family that parasites on plants like boxwood trees and Oriental arbor vitaes. It can be observed from May to November. It is about 17 to 20 mm long; it is dark yellow-green with colorful red stripes. The body color changes, when viewing form different angles due to the glossy surface. The outer sides of red stripes are covered with black borders.
Source by
National Institute of Biological Resources (https://species.nibr.go.kr)
Korea National Arboretum (https://www.nature.go.kr)
