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Cheongdo Stone Ice Storage (청도 석빙고)

Cheongdo Stone Ice Storage (청도 석빙고) · © KTO · KOGL Type 3

Gyeongsangbuk-do

Cheongdo Stone Ice Storage (청도 석빙고)

Cheongdo Stone Ice Storage is a curated attraction in Korea — full details, hours, and access info on the official Korea Tourism page.

ROOTIconic stop curated by Korea Tourism OrganizationEnglish-friendly

Why go

Cheongdo Stone Ice Storage is one of the rare pre-modern Joseon-era ice storage chambers in Korea, a stone-vaulted underground room built in 1713 to keep ice harvested from a local stream through the summer for royal court delivery and local administrative use. The chamber is half-buried, with thick stone walls and a deeply pitched stone-tile roof above ground, and was technically advanced enough to keep ice solid through the hot Korean summer until 19th-century mechanical refrigeration arrived. Designated a National Treasure-class historical structure. Allow about thirty minutes including the small interpretive panel. Pair with Cheongdo Wine Cave (a tunnel-aged persimmon-wine cellar) and the Cheongdo bullfighting arena nearby.

Quick highlights

  • 1713 stone-vaulted Joseon ice storage chamber
  • Stored stream-harvested ice through Korean summer
  • Half-buried with deeply pitched stone-tile roof
  • Designated as a National Treasure-class structure
  • Pair with Cheongdo Wine Cave and bullfighting arena

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