Gapyeong from WIKI

Gapyeong County is a county in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It was the scene of the Battle of Kapyong, a major battle of the Korean War.

Gapyeong is also well known for its natural beauty. It borders the mountainous province of Gangwon on the east. The north branch of the Han Riverflows through the area. Several reservoirs and resorts are located in the county.

Train service to Gapyeong then provides an easy taxi ride to the resort island of Namiseom. A short 3 minute ferry then takes the traveler to the island which provides food and lodging in harmony with nature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gapyeong_County

Directions to Gapyeong

Directions  http://www.gptour.go.kr/site/foreign/english/sub01/03_01.jsp

Seoul

[Bus] Catch Chuncheon-bound bus that stops at Gapyeong from Dongseoul Bus Terminal or Sangbong Bus Terminal
[Train] Ride Chuncheon-bound train at Cheongnyangni Station and get off at Gapyeong
[Driving] Route 46 -> Guri -> Namyangju -> Cheongpyeong -> Gapyeong Route 6 -> Yangsuri -> Route 45 -> Saetteo-
samgeori -> Route 46

Chuncheon

[Bus] Catch Seoul-bound bus that stops at Gapyeong at Chuncheon Bus Terminal
[Train] Ride Cheongnyangni-bound train at Cheoncheon Station or Namchuncheon Station and get off at Gapyeong
[Driving] Route 46 -> Gangcheon -> Gapyeong

Pocheon

[Driving] Route 37 -> Hamyeon -> Sangmyeon -> Cheongpyeong Checkpoint -> Route 46 -> Gapyeong

Yangpyeong

[Driving] Route 37 -> Seolakmyeon -> Cheongpyeong -> Route 46 -> Gapyeong

History of Gapyeong

Gapyeong County , which embraces a river and is encompassed by mountains, have remains that hint to the fact that people lived here since the Paleolithic Age throughout the area.

Three Kingdoms Period

Gapyeong-eub, which is part of Gapyeong County, was first a territory of Goguryeo and was called Geunpyeong-gun or Pyeongbyeong-gun, and was later incorporated into Shilla.

Shilla (757)

During the reign of King Gyeondeok of Unified Shilla, named to today ' s Gapyeong-gun

Goryeo (1018)

Became a part of Chunju in the 9 th year of King Hyeonjong of Goryeo

-Chunju is today ' s Chuncheon, Gangweon-do, and was the administrative capital of Gyoju-do (former name of Gangweon-do).
-According to the maps of Goryeo History , Hwaaksan and Cheongpyeongsan (today ' s Obongsan located in Cheongpyeong-
ri, Buksan-myeon in Chuncheon) are mentioned as the representative mountains of Gapyeong-gun. Thus, it is evident that the during
the Goryeo Dynasty, Gapyeong stretched out to parts of Sabuk-myeon, Chuncheon in Gangweon-do, which is in the
vicinity of Bukmyeon, Gapyeong-gun of today and even to parts of Buksan-myeon.

Joseon

In 1413 (13 th year of Taejong), it was incorporated into Gyeonggi-do from Gangweon-do and a provincial officer was dispatched to this area as the governor

-After ousting the king through the Jungjong Reform, Jungjong ascended to the throne and in 1507 (2 nd year of Jungjong), in the honor of the king, it was promoted to gun (county) status and called Gapyeong-gun.
In 1697 (23 rd year of Sunjong), it was demoted to hyeon and in 1707 promoted back to gun status.
In 1888(25 th year of Gojong), it was incorporated into Gangweon-do and in 1895 it was temporarily incorporated into
Pocheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do, but became independent as Gapyeong-gun one year later.

1973

Reorganized as an administrative district in July 1 according to the Presidential Decree No. 6542 (declared in March 12, 1973 ) and Gapyeong-myeon became promoted to Gapyeong-eub.

2004

Administrative area name change from Weoseo-myeon to Cheongpyeong-myeon on December 1, 2004

link: http://www.gptour.go.kr/site/foreign/english/sub01/01_02.jsp

Location and Natural Enviornment of Gapyeong

Location and Natural Environment  http://www.gptour.go.kr/site/foreign/english/sub01/01_01.jsp

Location and Natural Environment

The Center of the Korean Peninsula Beautiful Gapyeong County where Mountains and Rivers Harmonize

To the north, Hwaaksan (Mt.), which is the highest point of the Gwangju Mountain Range, sits as the guardian mountain over Chotdae-bong (peak), Mae-bong (peak), Gukmang-bong (peak), Gangssi-bong (peak), Myeongji-san (Mt.), Sudeok-san (Mt.) and Gyegwan-san (Mt.), and encompassing small and large summits at 700~800m above sea level, it displays it magnificent view. The numerous tributaries of Gapyeong-cheon and Jojong-cheon that snake around the valleys of these mountains all flow into Bukhangang (Riv.). To the south, Jungmisan, Hwayasan and Jeongnaksan mountains form a mountain range that extends to Yongmunsan and to the west, the mountain range continues on to Jugeumsan and Chuknyeongsan.
This area shares a border with Chuncheon City and Hongcheon County of Gangweon-do to the east, Namyangju City to the west, Yangpyeong County to the south and Pocheon County and Hwacheon County to the north. It is also located right in the middle of the Korean peninsula and is the center of Seoul to Chuncheon railways and roads, making it the best area for rest with mountains and rivers in the metropolitan area.

Temperature of Gapyeong County

Gapyeong County is a mountainous inland city and has a continental climate. Furthermore, it is a mountainous area with severe extremes and the annual average temperature for the past 10 years is 11.2 C .

Gapyeong city official website

Gapyeong city official website in English.

http://www.gptour.go.kr/site/foreign/english/index.jsp

Pine nuts

Pine nuts are the edible seeds of pines and it is famous local product from Gapyeong. You will easily find it everywhere in Gapyeong and taste really great. Strongly recommended. 

History of Gapyeong

I added the history of Gapyeong as follows, which are pulled from the official website of Gapyeong. You will find useful information from the website.
http://eng.gp.go.kr/hb/eng

Three Kingdoms Period

Gapyeong-eub, which is part of Gapyeong County, was first a territory of Goguryeo and was called Geunpyeong-gun or Pyeongbyeong-gun, and was later incorporated into Shilla.

Shilla (757)

During the reign of King Gyeondeok of Unified Shilla, named to today ' s Gapyeong-gun

Goryeo (1018)

Became a part of Chunju in the 9 th year of King Hyeonjong of Goryeo

• Chunju is today ' s Chuncheon, Gangweon-do, and was the administrative capital of Gyoju-do (former name of Gangweon-do).
• According to the maps of Goryeo History , Hwaaksan and Cheongpyeongsan (today ' s Obongsan located in Cheongpyeong-ri, Buksan-myeon in Chuncheon) are mentioned as the representative mountains of Gapyeong-gun. Thus, it is evident that the during the Goryeo Dynasty, Gapyeong stretched out to parts of Sabuk-myeon, Chuncheon in Gangweon-do, which is in the vicinity of Bukmyeon, Gapyeong-gun of today and even to parts of Buksan-myeon.

Joseon

In 1413 (13 th year of Taejong), it was incorporated into Gyeonggi-do from Gangweon-do and a provincial officer was dispatched to this area as the governor

• After ousting the king through the Jungjong Reform, Jungjong ascended to the throne and in 1507 (2 nd year of Jungjong), in the honor of the king, it was promoted to gun (county) status and called Gapyeong-gun.
• In 1697 (23 rd year of Sunjong), it was demoted to hyeon and in 1707 promoted back to gun status.
• In 1888(25 th year of Gojong), it was incorporated into Gangweon-do and in 1895 it was temporarily incorporated into Pocheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do, but became independent as Gapyeong-gun one year later.

1973

Reorganized as an administrative district in July 1 according to the Presidential Decree No. 6542 (declared in March 12, 1973 ) and Gapyeong-myeon became promoted to Gapyeong-eub.

2004

Administrative area name change from Weoseo-myeon to Cheongpyeong-myeon on December 1, 2004

Location of Gapyeong

GAPYEONG is 1&half hours away from Seoul to east.

JARASUM JAZZ Festival

If you are a big fan of the Jazz, there is an annual Jazz festival held in Jarasum Gapyeong.  Please see the link for more details: http://www.jarasumjazz.com/the8th/home

Introducing Gapyeong in South Korea

Hi, welcome to my blog. Since this is my private blog, I am gonna post whatever I fancy. :) I have not decided permiment topics yet but it can be social, politic or religion. Anyway I would like to introduce Gapyeong in South Korea in the meantime, because I live in  Gapyeong and I do believe this topic is unique enough for any English speakers.