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In Boryeong, there is a place reminding the sentence, "When I got out of the tunnel, there was a snow country", which is the first sentence of Japanese author Kawabata Yasunari's novel Yukiguni. That is "Seongju" tunnel. Passing through the Seongju tunnel, which connects downtown and Seongju-Myeon, gives us novel feeling as if we step in totally different world.
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The temple site includes the Jungmuncheo, Seokdeung, 5-story stone pagoda, Geumdang building, followed by the east and west three-story stone pagoda, the center three-story stone pagoda, and the west three-story stone pagoda, and the auditorium is located behind it. The Daenanghye Burnt Pagoda, one of Choi Chi-won's stillborn monuments, is also located in the northwest of the temple. Many relics were excavated, including the cornerstone of the building, the head of the Buddha statue made of earth from the Unified Silla period, and roof tiles from the Baekje, Unified Silla, and Goryeo periods.
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The surrounding scenery is beautiful, so you can enjoy a drive along Iseol-do, which surrounds Boryeong Lake, and there is Jungam Rock in Amisan Mountain around Boryeong Dam, and Yongam Yeongdang in Yanggaksan Mountain.
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Both in and out door coal mining museum has a collection of 1,700 artifacts such as mining tools and mineral samples. Inside the museum six different halls present their unique collections. The Guiding Hall provides general information and has gift shop. The Research Hall shows developing of coal, the Discovery Hall presents samples of coal and other mineral and history of mining industry and the Participating Hall has artificial coal pit that looks realistic.
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The Gaehwa Art Park is built on a scale of 50,000 pyeong, including auxiliary facilities located nearby. The Gaehwa Art Park, a large-scale art complex, is home to Herbland, Music Hall, Yukpilsi Park, Birim Park, and Mosan Art Museum in the art park.
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It was created as a story-themed arboretum by collecting, proliferation, preservation, management, and exhibition of tree genetic resources centered on Mugunghwa, and securing research infrastructure for its resource conversion.
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Boryeong Energy World is a public relations exhibition hall of Boryeong Thermal Power Headquarters, the largest thermal power generation complex in Korea, and is a comprehensive electric energy experience hall where you can learn how to use the electricity we use every day.