Hongseong
| Hongseong 홍성 洪城 |
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| Korean transcription(s) | |||
| • Hangul | 홍성군 | ||
| • Hanja | 洪城郡 | ||
| • Revised Romanization | Hongseong-gun | ||
| • McCune-Reischauer | Hongsŏng-gun | ||
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| Country |  South Korea |
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| Region | Hoseo | ||
| Administrative divisions | 2 eup, 9 myeon | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 443.5 km2 (171.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2001) | |||
| • Total | 93,558 | ||
| • Density | 211.0/km2 (546.5/sq mi) | ||
| • Dialect | Chungcheong | ||
Hongseong County (Hongseong-gun) is a county in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Famous people from Hongseong include martyred minister Seong Sam-mun and early Korean anarchist Kim Jwa-jin. Chungwoon University is located in Hongseong.
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[edit] Historic figures
Lots of historic people were born in Hongseong.
- Seong Sammun : Notable scholar during Joseon Dynasty.
- Kim Jwa-jin : Korean independence activist
[edit] Cultural assets
In Hongseong, a large statue of Buddha is engraved on a protruding rock carved into the shape of a shrine.
Overall, the headpiece is solid and integrity is shown on the face, but the statue is unbalanced from its loss of volume towards the bottom.[1]
[edit] Festival
Its well-known festival is egg cockle festival. Hongseong area meets coast and muds are ahead of it. Its topographical feature possible to get lots of egg cockles.
The taste of egg cockle is unique and not easy to eat in city area. Because of these reasons, the festival got success step by step. However, oil spill around Taean made it more difficult to host festival these days. Fortunately, Hongseong did not get direct damage caused by oil split. County proclaimed to take place its host on Jan 16 of 2008.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Welcome to HONGSEONG :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
- ^ 홍성 새조개축제 18일 개막 Yeonhap News 2008.01.16 http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=101&oid=001&aid=0001895266
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Coordinates: 36°35′58″N 126°39′46″E / 36.5994444544°N 126.662777788°E
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