Burning River Literature Museum

This is a place where the residence of Kurozumi Itaro, a Japanese large landowner who owned the most farmland in the Naju area during the Japanese colonial period, has been converted into a literary museum. It was built around 1935 with all building materials, including blue tiles and wood, brought from Japan, and it combines a Japanese-style house with an office imitating Western style. After liberation, it was run as an orphanage by a missionary, and from 1981 it was used as a private residence, until the city of Naju purchased it in 2009 to preserve the historical value of Yeongsanpo Modern Street and use it as a tourism resource. The literary museum, which opened in October 2024, is themed on the epic novel The Burning River (9 volumes) by author Moon Soon-tae, which realistically depicts the hometown and sorrow of the people of Naju and Yeongsanpo against the backdrop of the Yeongsan River. It exhibits the author's writing room, handwritten manuscripts, work materials, and collected books, allowing visitors to encounter the humanistic value of the Yeongsan River up close.

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