Hanbyeokgul

This is a railway tunnel on the Jeolla Line that the Japanese built during the Japanese colonial period by drilling through the bedrock below Hanbyeokdang, one of the Eight Scenic Views of Jeonju, in an attempt to sever its spirit. It opened in October 1931 together with the Jeonju–Namwon section of the Jeolla Line and carried people and goods for nearly 50 years until the Jeolla Line was relocated to the outskirts of Jeonju in 1981, ending its role as a railway. It is a horseshoe-shaped concrete tunnel 4 m wide, 5 m high and 45 m long, and today it is a path for people cycling or taking a slow stroll along the Jeonjucheon Stream. Right beside it flows the clear, first-grade-water Jeonjucheon Stream, and if you pass through the tunnel and climb the stairs, you can go up to Hanbyeokdang and look down over the Jeonjucheon Stream in the cool river breeze. It is known as a filming location of the drama Twenty-Five Twenty-One, and visitors continue to come to photograph each other against the tunnel backdrop, just like the two protagonists. It is about a 15-minute walk along the Jeonjucheon Stream from Seohak-dong Art Village, so it is good to visit together.