Eokji Chunyang 5-Day Market | Market Guide | K-Travel Mate

Located near Bonghwa Station, Eokji Chunyang Market was once the largest traditional market in Bonghwa. It was established in the 1940s centered around the 12-ryeong peddlers and later, in the 1960s-70s, developed into a rice market and a cattle market where 200 to 300 cows were traded daily, becoming the largest traditional market in the area. There is a theory that the market’s name, Eokji Chunyang, comes from forcibly changing the Yeongdong Line route to pass through Chunyang-myeon during its construction in the 1950s. Due to population decline and the entry of large supermarkets, the market shrank, but in 2015 Bonghwa-gun modernized it as a cultural tourism market, adding facilities, night markets, and performances to revitalize the market and attract tourists. On regular days, it is like any traditional market, but on the 4th, 9th, 14th, 19th, 24th, and 29th of each month, the market extends outside Eokji Chunyang Market to the central area of the myeon office. The market features regional specialties directly grown not only from within the county but also from nearby Uljin-gun and Taebaek-si in Gangwon-do. Goods include Chunyang strawberries, native medicinal jujubes, walnuts, apples, forest products, wild pine mushrooms growing under Chunyang trees, medicinal herbs, highland vegetables, as well as daily necessities and food sold by traders from outside, creating a lively and vibrant market scene.