Seeking Chungju's Local Food and Fragrant Cheongmyeongju

A fragrant drink with like-minded people will be a time to deepen your life. Starting with Chungju's delicious food and sweet apple wine, and ending with Cheongmyeongju... it will be a warm and wonderful trip.

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Exhibition Hall of Chungju Goguryeo Monument

If you go to the Chungju Goguryeo Monument Exhibition Hall, you can see the Chungju Goguryeo Monument (National Treasure No. 205), the only Goguryeo stele in Korea. This monument, which has been standing in front of Ipseok Village in Yongjeon-ri, Gageum-myeon for a long time, was not until 1979 that its value became known to the world. It is presumed to be a monument erected by King Jangsu after he conquered the Namhangang River basin, and was named Goguryeo Monument. Afterwards, Boho-gak was built, and the Chungju and Goryeo Secret Exhibitions finally opened in 2012. The exhibition hall introduces the heritage, tales, lifestyle, and history of Goguryeo, as well as the discovery process of Anak Tomb No. 3, the Stele of King Gwanggaeto, and the Goguryeo Stele in Chungju. You can feel the great historical value of the Chungju Goguryeo monument.

Jodong-ri Prehistoric Site Museum

This museum displays artifacts excavated from the prehistoric site in Jodong-ri, Chungju. You can look into the history of the Chungju region's Neolithic and Bronze Ages by exhibiting lifestyles at the time. It was built from September 2003 to February 2005, and opened on November 9, 2005. It has one floor underground and two floors above ground, and among the 124 items and 203 pieces of excavated relics, including various pottery and stoneware, 89 items and 146 items are on loan from the government and are on display. On the first floor, there is a living culture room where you can see the Jodong-ri prehistoric site, Korea's prehistoric culture, and Jodong-ri's lifestyle. On the second floor, there is a rice culture room where you can look at the origin and evolution of rice, Korea's rice farming, and Jodong-ri's agricultural life, a video experience exhibition room, and an academic research room.

Jungwon Cheongmyeongju

Jungwon Cheongmyeongju Brewery, which brews Cheongmyeongju, a traditional folk liquor, is located in Changdong-ri, Jungangtap-myeon, Chungju-si. Among the 24 solar terms, Cheongmyeong is the warm month of early April, when ‘even if you put a poker in it, it will sprout.’ Cheongmyeongju, steeped in the cold winter and aged for 100 days and drunk on spring days with lush greenery, is a soft, clear liquor with an alcohol content of 17%. Because it is aged for a long time, even people who are not good at drinking alcohol can enjoy it without burden, and it tastes better when it is cold. When you take a sip of clear and clean Cheongmyeongju, your mouth is filled with a sweet and subtle fruity scent. The flavor that emerges as the wheat husk component of the malt ferments is deep and fragrant. Clear and fragrant Cheongmyeongju has a natural taste created by combining glutinous rice, yeast, and Chungju’s clean water.