Jeongeupsa Culture Park

Jeongeupsa Culture Park is a public park in central Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do, dedicated to the 8th-century Baekje folk song "Jeongeupsa" — the oldest surviving Korean song with both lyrics and melody preserved, and a foundational work of Korean vernacular literature. The song, sung by a wife waiting for her merchant husband to return safely from a long trip, has been performed continuously since the Baekje period (its earliest documented notation traces to Goryeo-era records) and is included in the standard Korean-literature curriculum as the reference example of pre-Joseon vernacular song. The park combines a small interpretive museum on the song's transmission history (including the moment in the 20th century when Korean musicologists reconstructed the melody from Goryeo-era gagok notation), a performance amphitheater where the song is performed during seasonal events, and walking gardens with stone monuments inscribed with the lyrics in both classical and modern Korean. Free entry. Allow about 45 minutes for a focused visit. Pair with Naejangsan National Park (batch 4 verified — one of Korea's celebrated autumn-foliage mountains, 15 minutes east) or the Jeongeup Hyanggyo Confucian school for a full Jeongeup cultural day.