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Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale (경기도자비엔날레)

Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale (경기도자비엔날레)

7.7Km    2024-09-13

263 Gyeongchung-daero 2697beon-gil, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-645-0650

The Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale features a range of exhibitions and educational events. The event takes place at various locations in Korea famous for ceramics, including Icheon, Yeoju, and Gwangju.

Icheon Ye's Park (이천도자예술마을 (이천 예스파크))

Icheon Ye's Park (이천도자예술마을 (이천 예스파크))

7.9Km    2025-06-30

109 Dojayesul-ro 5beon-gil, Sindun-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Icheon Ye's Park, located in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, has various ceramic workshops gathered in this village. Each workshop has its own unique characteristics, so visitors can take a look around and purchase freely. It's also fun to stop by a café and take a break. Some workshops operate a pottery-making experience program, allowing visitors to create their own work. Every spring and fall, in particular, a regular discount event on ceramics is held. Icheon is famous not only for pottery but also for its high-quality rice. Visiors will find restaurants of various sizes, from large hanok (traditional Korean house) to small houses, along the Gyeongchung-daero that serve rice produced in Icheon.

Woljeon Museum of Art Icheon (이천시립월전미술관)

Woljeon Museum of Art Icheon (이천시립월전미술관)

8.0Km    2021-01-29

185, Gyeongchung-daero 2709beon-gil, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-637-0033

The Woljeon Museum of Art Icheon commemorates the great Korean artist Woljeon Chang Woo Soung and his works. The museum was originally opened in Seoul in 1991, when Woljeon donated all of his works to the Woljeon Art and Culture Foundation. It was later moved to Icheon in August 2007 according to Woljeon's will, and expanded to include personal memorabilia.

Seolbong Park (설봉공원)

Seolbong Park (설봉공원)

8.0Km    2025-01-13

128, Gyeongchung-daero 2709beon-gil, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-634-6770

Nestled at the foot of Seolbongsan Mountain in Icheon, Seolbong Park is the venue for the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Icheon Ceramic Festival, and Icheon Rice Cultural Festival. Outside of festival periods, the park also serves as a rest area for locals, with a wide lake in the center, walking paths, and gardens. Cerapia, a ceramic themed park located within Seolbong Park, offers hands-on programs for visitors to experience ceremics.

Cheonggye Farm (청계목장)

8.1Km    2024-02-06

20 Cheonggye-ro 104beon-gil, Baegam-myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do

Cheonggye Farm is a petting farm, offering a hands-on dairy farming experience by reservation. It features a Milk School (education center), an outdoor experience center, a farm, an animal farm, and horseback riding stables. There are two types of experience programs available: Course A and Course B. Course A includes activities such as ice cream making, milking mother cows, bottle-feeding calves, and feeding cows. Course B focuses on making ice cream and bottle-feeding calves.

Gilsangyo Pottery Experience (길상요 도자기체험)

Gilsangyo Pottery Experience (길상요 도자기체험)

8.2Km    2024-01-11

132, Dojayesul-ro 6beon-gil, Sindun-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

You can experience pottery making at Gilsangyo, run by Kim Jong-young, a potter who has won numerous awards for jiggering techniques of forming pottery using a spinning plaster. Based on white porcelain clay, your experience will begin with the help of an expert after choosing a pottery design. Even if you are new to pottery, you will be able to complete a piece of pottery before you know it by following the instructions of the expert. After a 30-minute experience, you will paint the pottery and bake it with your name engraved. You can receive the finished pottery by courier in about two to three weeks.

Icheon Rice Cultural Festival (이천쌀문화축제)

Icheon Rice Cultural Festival (이천쌀문화축제)

8.2Km    2024-10-16

48 Gongwon-ro, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-644-4135

Icheon is famous for producing the best rice in Korea. In fact, Icheon rice is so good that it used to be served to the kings of Korea in the past, and is still highly thought of today. The Icheon Rice Culture Festival celebrates its famous rice and local agricultural practices. Various activities and events are prepared for festival-goers of all ages to enjoy.

Yongin Beomnyunsa Temple (법륜사(용인 문수산))

8.6Km    2021-11-05

126, Nongchonpark-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-332-5703

Beomnyunsa Temple, located at the foot of Munsusan Mountain in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, consists of Geungnakbojeon Hall, Gwaneumjeon Hall, Samseonggak Hall, Beomjonggak Hall, and other buildings.

The sizable 430-square-meter Daeungjeon Hall was built in an open form of the Chinese character "亞" ("ah") in a Southern Buddhist style. The hall, made of indigenous red pine tree from Baekdusan Mountain, contains a 53-ton stone Buddha Statue (three times bigger in size than the statue in Seokguram Grotto) and a 33-ton stone Munsu Bohyeon Buddhist Saint Statue. On the left wall are 104 Sinjungnim (guardians of Buddhist law) as well as a Dongjin Boan Buddhist Saint Statue. There are also 1,250 Buddhist saint statues, symbolizing the devotion of Buddhist followers.

Waujeongsa Temple (Yongin) (와우정사(용인))

Waujeongsa Temple (Yongin) (와우정사(용인))

8.8Km    2025-06-17

25-15 Haegok-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-332-2472

Founded in 1970 by displaced North Koreans seeking national reconciliation, Waujeongsa Temple is nestled among the magnificent peaks of Yeonhwasan Mountain. The temple is home to Yeolbanjeon Hall, Daegakjeon Hall, and Beomjonggak Pavilion. Notable among its statues are the twelve-meter-long Reclining Buddha in Yeolbanjeon Hall and Buldu, an eight-meter-high Buddha’s head statue located at the temple’s entrance. Additionally, the temple features unique Buddha statues from across Asia, including the Stone Tower of Unity, constructed with stones from Buddhist holy sites, and a jade Ascetic Statue of Shakyamuni.

Goblin (고블린)

Goblin (고블린)

8.9Km    2024-02-07

901 Seoicheon-ro, Sindun-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Goblin is a spacious café, known for its roastery and pour-over coffee. It is bathed in natural light thanks to its large windows. These windows offer a scenic view of Icheon's rice paddies and fields, adding to the café's serene ambiance. Patrons have the option to select their favorite beans, and when ordering pour-over coffee, they can also choose their preferred cup.