| "Passion For Korea" Tour Day 8 (April 12, 2006) Boseong Green Tea Plantation |
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| Driving southwest from Suncheon, you will reach Boseong. The Boseong region is famous for its green tea plantations (nokcha dawon). Nokcha (nok-cha) means green tea. Dawon (da-won) means tea plantation. Unlike the green tea plantations in Hadong which are grown in a natural and wild fashion, the plantations in Boseong are are very precise and manicured. Row after row of green tea plants picturesquely wind endlessly around the hills. |
| The first crop of the season (called Ujon) is the best. You can read more about green tea in an informative 4/16/04 Yonhap News article at: english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/ 20040416/301900000020040416085237E4.html. |
| The green tea plantation in Boseong was a filming site used in the 2003 KBS drama, Summer Scent, starring Song Seung Hun and Son Ye Jin. The beautiful panoramic scenes in Summer Scent were very memorable. |
| Burial mounds can be found in the fields of green tea. It was common to see burial mounds on hills in the countryside all over Korea. |
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