Gurye
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Gurye County (Gurye-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.
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[edit] Symbols
- Flower : Royal Azaleas
- Tree : Sansuyu tree
- Bird : Pigeon
[edit] Location
Gurye is situated in the southwestern part of Korea, but it is not easily accessible because of its landlocked and mountainous terrain.
[edit] Transportation[1]
[edit] Bus
From Seoul, there are 6 trips daily and it takes 3.5 hours. Gurye is three hours away from Busan and about one hour from Gwangju.
[edit] Train
There is no station in Gurye.
[edit] Car
Gwangju is the nearest city and it takes one hour to get there by car.
[edit] Festival
Gurye is famous for sansuyu. Sansuyu is the fruit of the Japanese Cornel (cornus officinalis) tree which has yellow flowers in early spring. The festival is held every mid-March.
In 2007, more than 500,000 tourists visited during the four day festival. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of South Korea chose Gurye's festival as an excellent culture-tour event for the first time.[2]
[edit] Products
Sansuyu is a well-known medicinal item from early Korean history. Dongui Bogam said it has several effects such as protecting liver and skin.[3]
The flowers are effective in curing inflammations of the liver, diabetes, high blood pressure, cold hands and feet, and can help enhance the immune system. [4]
[edit] Sister Cities
Chizhou, China
Unzen, Nagasaki
Geoje, South Korea Since Dec 10, 1998 [5]- Suyeong-gu, Busan, South KoreaSince Feb 9th of 1999. [6]
- Guro, Seoul, South Korea
[edit] See also
[edit] Reference
- ^ Welcom gurye
- ^ 구례산수유꽃축제, 문화관광축제로 선정 Dailian News (kor) 2007-12-27
- '^ 조상이 물려 준 선물'.. 의성 '산수유' 군락지 Newsis 2007.11.28
- ^ Welcom gurye
- ^ 거제시 홈페이지 > 우리시소개 > 자매결연도시 > 국내
- ^ 수영구청 홈페이지에 오신것을 환영합니다
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