Experience Programs

• Making rice pizza, Korean rice clay, rice cookies, rice cakes, sweet potato story, Shiitake mushroom story, making my cup, classical scholar experience, Byeokgolje Field trip, freckled strawberry experience, farming culture experience, etc.

Byeokgolje Village offers rural experiences for children to appreciate the importance of nature and learn while having fun. In Byeokgolje Village, feel the purity and leisurely life of a farming village that can’t be easily felt in urban life, through a variety of activities, including making healthy and delicious rice pizza, rice clay, mysterious mushroom story, sweet potato story, and a freckled strawberry experience that Red-Haired Anne herself would love.

Facilities

• Byeokgolje Village Center (Pension-type accommodation), Hanok-style accommodations, Education Hall (over 50 participants), Rice Experience Hall, Rice Pizza Experience Hall, Mushroom Experience Field, Sweet Potato Experience Field, etc.

Byeokgolje Village Story (story on the village embracing Byeokgolje Reservoir)

Byeokgolje Village is located on the vast plain stretching to the West Sea with Myeonggeumsan Mountain extending from the Noryeong Mountain Range on the east. It is home to the oldest and largest ancient reservoir in Korea, Byeokgeolje (Historic Site No. 111). Additionally, the story of Danya, who sacrificed himself to protect Byeokgolje Reservoir has been passed down from generation to generation in the village. So the village has been performing the ‘Double Dragon Play’ to inherit Danya’s spirit.

Byeokgolje Reservoir was constructed in 330 AD, covering an irrigated area of 10,000 hectares, including Geumman Field, Jeongeup, and parts of Buan. The main water sources of Byeokgolje Reservoir were the Wonpyeongcheon River and Duweolcheon River. Byeokgolje Reservoir was made by blocking the area where these two rivers converged and storing water.

In 1925, the Byeokgolje embankment was dug in the middle by the Dongjin Irrigation Association present-day Korea Rural Community Corporation) and the reservior was transformed to the main source for the irrigation of farmland. As a result, the embankment was divided into two parts, and three of five sluice gates disappeared. The remaining two (Jangsaenggeo and Gyeongjanggeo) tell the history.