Wanju trip to a city of history and art that warms the heart | Travel Course | K-Travel Mate

Samnye Cultural and Arts Village is based on a warehouse built in the 1920s to export rice to Japan through Samnye Station during the period of the Southern Honam region's intensified extraction under the Rice Production Increase Plan. After liberation, the building was used as an agricultural cooperative warehouse until 2010, when Wanju-gun purchased it and transformed it into a cultural space through regional regeneration. Since its opening in June 2013, Samnye Cultural and Arts Village has played a central role in revitalizing local culture. In 2021, during its ninth year since opening, it has been operating some facilities including the 1st Exhibition Hall, a multipurpose space, a performance hall, and a retail shop, while preparing new content and improving the facilities (landscape). The 1st Exhibition Hall is a remodeled space of the 1920s Japanese colonial period rice warehouse, featuring a high ceiling and visible wooden structures for rice storage, giving it historical significance. The multipurpose space and outdoor plaza are used for seminars, exhibitions, and experiences, allowing residents to actively participate as cultural agents.

종남산과 위봉산이 병풍처럼 둘러쌓고 있는 천혜의 자연경관에 한옥고택 등 전통한옥 20여 채가 자리 잡고 있는 한옥마을로 실제 주민들의 거주공간이자 품격 있는 카페, 갤러리, 숲속 체험길 등 체험공간이 공존하는 전통과 문화, 자연과 더불어 휴식하는 힐링 장소로 전국적인 명성과 인지도를 높여가며 많은 관광객이 찾고있는 완주군의 가장 핫한 관광명소이다. 마을 내 예술인들이 직접 운영하는 한옥고택 등을 활용한 작은 갤러리와 감성카페, 독립서점 등이 위치해 있어 자연경관과 함께 즐기는 소소한 감성여행지이다. 2019년 BTS(방탄소년단)이 1주일간 머무르며 ‘BTS 2019 SUMMER PACKAGE’ 뮤직비디오 및 화보집을 촬영한 장소로 입소문이 나면서 BTS 팬클럽 아미(ARMY)는 물론 일반관광객의 방문이 지속적으로 이어지고 있다.

Wibong Fortress was built in the first year of Sukjong of Joseon (1675) and has an impressive circumference of about 16km. It was constructed to evacuate the portrait of King Taejo and the wooden memorial tablets symbolizing his ancestors from Jeonju Gyeonggijeon and Jogyeongmyo in emergencies. During the Donghak Peasant Revolution when Jeonju was actually captured, the portrait and wooden tablets were brought here. Inside the fortress, there was a small palace to enshrine the portrait and memorial tablets, but it was demolished a long time ago. Gates were built on the east, west, and north sides, but only a half-moon-shaped gate leading to Jeonju remains on the west side. Inside the fortress are Wibongsa Temple and Wibong Waterfall, one of the eight scenic spots of Jeonju.

Sansok Lighthouse Complex Cultural Space is located in Haewol-ri, Soyang-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeonbukteukbyeoljachi-do. Thirty years ago, this place was a key site for the paper industry, supporting the livelihoods of hundreds of employees and thousands of their family members. However, due to rapid industrial development and recognition as a harmful facility by neighboring residents, operations were suspended and the paper factory disappeared into history. In 2016, it transformed under JY Prop Co., Ltd. into a lighthouse illuminating local culture and arts, entering a new phase. It has been reborn as a family-centered complex cultural space with the 1st and 2nd art galleries, experience center (Amuse World), art platform, outdoor performance hall, Everyone's Table, lighthouse, aquatic ecological garden, and Sunsun Cafe.

대한민국술테마박물관은 2015년 10월 완주군 덕천리에 개관하였다. 이 박물관의 건물은 경각산과 구이저수지가 맞닿아있는 경관을 담아 물방울처럼 퍼져나가는 술을 원형으로 형상화 하였다. 우리 술에 대한 다양한 이야기가 담긴 5만 여점의 유물이 전시되어 있다. 전시는 상설전시와 기획전시로 나뉘며 상설전시실에는 술의 재료와 제조관, 대한민국 술의 역사와 문화관, 세계의 술, 향음문화체험관 등이 있다. 야외공원에는 술과 관련된 조형물들이 전시되어 있다. 술잔을 띄우고 자기 앞에 술잔이 올 때까지 시를 지어야 하는 놀이를 재현한 유상곡수연, 여럿이 모여 술 마실 때 사용되는 벌칙을 적은 놀이기구인 주령구 등이 있다