↑↑ Gonggeommyeon Continuing Education Center

↑↑ Gonggeom tombstone 

Sangju Beautiful Road 5 - Route 5, approximately 30.0km from Hamchang-eup, Sangju to Gonggeom-myeon

Mr. Heo Ho, 'Heo's silk fabric', contributed to the development of culture and art

The Cooperative History and Culture Center, the first privately-led establishment

Restoration of historical and cultural values and containing history, present and future

'Hamchang Hyanggyo', Gyeongbuk Regional Cultural Heritage Data No. 124

Ginkgo biloba and mulberry trees in Dugok-ri, Euncheok-myeon designated as a designated monument by the province

Munam-ri Seongjubong Peak… Gonggeommyeon Dongmak-ri 'Otae Reservoir'

Gonggalmot, Sangjusarok Choi Jeong-bun shrunk as it is

As 100 beautiful roads in Korea were selected and widely known at home and abroad, there is a new interest in the beauty of roads. In order to introduce the beautiful roads of Sangju, I would like to select 5 and talk about them.

The fifth of the 5 beautiful roads in Sangju-si begins when you enter Guhyang-ro in the left direction from Hamchang-jungang-ro, Guhyang-ri, Hamchang-eup, Sangju-si.

Hamchang-eup was originally Gonyeong-gaya, but it was taken from Silla to make Godongram-gun (古冬攬郡), and King Gyeongdeok renamed it Goryeong-gun (古寧郡) to include Gaseon-hyeon and Gwansan-hyeon. supervised.

In the 15th year of King Gwangjong of Goryeo (964), it became Hamnyeong-gun, and in the 9th year of King Hyeonjong (1018), it was changed to Hamchang-gun. It is reported in Sejongjiriji that it was corrected by the county governor according to an example.

↑↑ Gonggeomji 

↑↑ Dugok-ri Mulberry 

↑↑ Dugok-ri Ginkgo Tree 

The reason why this place is Guhyang-ri is said to be called Guhyang-ri because Wonhae Hamchang Hyanggyo is located here, and it is said that it is also called Guhyang because there is Hamchang County Office. You can see facilities related to silk, one of the three hundred symbols of Sangju.

The Hamchang Silk Museum, Hamchang Silk Theme Park, Gyeongsangbuk-do Farm Resources Management Center, and the Silk Insect Plant are located here.

Hamchang Silk Museum is a museum established in 2013 to increase agricultural income and vitalize tourism resources by selling local specialties using silkworms and mulberry leaves, which are traditional industries.

In this regard, Mr. Heo Ho, who runs Heo's silk fabric in Hamchang, was selected as a person of merit for the development of culture and arts in 2021 and won the Korea Culture and Arts Award, once again the excellence of Sangju Hamchang silk was widely known.

↑↑ Silk Museum

↑↑ Intersection from Mungyeong to Euncheok-myeon 

↑↑ On the way from Euncheok-myeon to Oeseo
 

Mr. Heo Ho has commercialized traditional silk weaving in Hamchang-eup for 40 years, combined it with art, and widely publicized it at home and abroad.

In addition, the Cooperative History and Culture Center was established to restore the historical and cultural values of Hamchang-eup, Sangju-si, the first privately-led cooperative establishment, with the history, present, and future of the cooperative.

In addition, the Korea Institute of Hanbok Promotion was established in 2021 to promote the hanbok cultural industry, such as developing hanbok cultural contents and establishing a hanbok network, in collaboration with traditional textile industries in Gyeongsangbuk-do, such as silk, Andongpo, and Ingyeon, and is leading the globalization of hanbok.

After passing Aegok Pass, Hamchang Hyanggyo Confucian School appears on the right.

Hamchang Hyanggyo was first founded in the 7th year of King Taejo (1398) and built in Guhyang-ri in the 17th year of King Taejong (1417). It is said that it was relocated to the current 115 Guhyang-ri, and then relocated to the current location in the 14th year of King Injo (1636). It is designated as Gyeongsangbuk-do Local Cultural Heritage Material No. 124.

↑↑ Ian-myeon and Gonggeom-myeon crossroads in Euncheok-myeon

↑↑ Ian-myeon Yangbeom Intersection 

↑↑ Iancheon scenery - 3 

↑↑ Jidong Tunnel
 

The road passes through the Yangbeom intersection at the location of Ian-myeon, and if you leave Daesan Mountain (325.3m) on the left, you will see Gyeongdeulmot Lake. There are two trees.

The ginkgo tree in Dugok-ri, Euncheok-myeon is Local Cultural Heritage Monument No. 75 (May 2, 1987). It is an old tree with a circumference of 3m, a height of 12m, and branches extending 9.2m to the east, 12.5m to the south, and 10.5m to the north. is called a year.

Villagers say that in autumn, if all the ginkgo leaves fall within one or two days, the next year will be bountiful, and if the leaves fall within a few days, the harvest will be lower than normal or the year will be poor.

The mulberry tree in Dugok, Euncheok-myeon is designated as Gyeongsangbuk-do Designated Monument No. 1 (December 29, 1972). It is about 350 years old and 12m tall. It is an old tree that extends 2.3m to the east, 4m to the west, and 4.3m to the north. There is a meditation monument built by Choi Byeong-cheol (崔秉轍), the governor of Sangju during the colonial period.

↑↑ Otae Reservoir in the distance 

↑↑ Camping by small streams 

This mulberry tree is the oldest in Korea and proves the long history and tradition of sericulture in Sangju, which is proud to be the home of silkworm cocoons.

The road goes to Mungeorijae. Recently, a new Jidong Tunnel was built, so you can safely pass the winding and difficult hill road. After passing through the tunnel, you enter Jidong-ri, Nongam-myeon, Mungyeong-si. If you get out of the way, you will meet Usan-ro and turn left again. You will soon enter Munam-ri, Euncheok-myeon, Sangju-si, and you will see Seongjubong Peak and the location of Euncheok-myeon in the distance.

Before going to the location of Euncheok-myeon, the road meets Bijae-ro to Ugigi Village in Euncheok-myeon in the direction of Ian-myeon and turns left.

The road passes through Ugiri Village and crosses Hantootjae, and the bend of the ash is as interesting and affectionate as Maltigogae.

When you come down the pass, the road meets Sasan-ro to Daehyeon-ri, Ian-myeon, but turns right and continues along Ian-cheon.

↑↑ Soknisan Mountain in the distance 

↑↑ A view of Mount Obong in the distance 

↑↑ Hanbok Promotion Agency 

The road goes to Jungso-ri on the left side of Gonggeom-myeon from Jungso-gyo Bridge. After passing the small and medium-sized health clinic and passing Keungol and passing Bijirae Pass, you enter Byeongam-ri of Gonggeom-myeon and go to Dongmak-ri and you can see Otae Reservoir on the right.

Otae Reservoir is a reservoir built in the 1950s and supplies agricultural water to farmland around Gonggeom-myeon, Ian-myeon, and Sabeol-myeon.

The road enters Dongmak-ri, Gonggeom-myeon, passes the Gong-geom-myeon Continuing Education Center, crosses Yangjeonggyo Bridge in Dongcheon, and enters the location of Gong-geom-myeon and comes to Gonggal Pond.

It is also called a gonggal pond. In 1195 (the 25th year of King Myeongjong of Goryeo), Sangju Sarok Choi Jeong-bun (崔正彬) is said to have rebuilt the old embankment.

↑↑ Hamchang Underpass 

↑↑ Hamchang silk Theme Park 

↑↑ Hamchang Confucian School
 

The length and width of the embankment were 860 and 800 baud, respectively, and the circumference of the reservoir was 16,647 characters (approximately 5 km). It is presumed to have been built at the same time as Uirimji in Jecheon, Susanje in Miryang, and Byeokgolje in Gimje.

This embankment was built by flattening the soil so that the cross section was trapezoidal. The flattening method used the method of stacking soil, but the bottom part was widened to withstand the pressure of water.

Small pebbles and mud were used as materials, and gaps between each material were eliminated to prevent water from permeating. According to Hong Gwi-dal's <Gonggeomjigi (恭儉池記)>, the name Gonggeomji comes from the name of the person who built the embankment.

In addition, this place has been famous for lotus flowers since ancient times, and folk songs related to lotus flowers have been handed down to this day. It was used as an irrigation reservoir from the Samhan and Gaya eras, but it was almost filled up and turned into villages and agricultural land.

Today, only about 3,306㎥ remains at full water level, and it is preserved as a cultural heritage without functioning as a water irrigation facility. .

Recently, the National Nakdong River Biological Resources Institute under the Ministry of Environment announced that it had biologically verified that this place, which was a natural wetland, was built as an artificial reservoir 1,400 years ago by analyzing the fossil diatoms of the sedimentary layer of Sangju Gonggeomji accumulated from up to 6,000 years ago. There is a record that in 1,195 (the 25th year of King Myeongjong), a reservoir was made by building an embankment on a large pond called Gonggeom.

↑↑ Heo Ho (representative of Heo Si Silk, winner of the Korea Culture and Arts Award)

↑↑ Cooperative History and Culture Center
 

When the Otae Reservoir was completed in the southwest at the end of 1959, it was all made of rice fields.

The road ends when it meets North Sangju-ro, an old national road between Sangjumun.

Five of the five beautiful roads in Sangju start from Hamchang-eup, Sangju-si, pass through Ian-myeon, Nongam-myeon, Mungyeong-si, and go around Euncheok-myeon, Gonggeom-myeon, and are about 30.km long.