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• Dogok Hot Spring is located in Wonhwa-ri, Cheonam-ri, Dogok-myeon, Hwasun-gun. It was designated as a Tourism Zone on April 9, 1988 and has an area of 613 ㎢ (1,805,000 pyeong). The full-scale hot spring age in Honam began with the opening of the public baths at Wontang Motel, Dogok Hot Spring. The Hot Spring pumps a volume of 3,500 tons a day, at a temperature of 25.5℃-27.5℃, and contains much sulfur and bicarbonate. This spring water is effective against neuralgia, arthritis, chronic eczema, skin disease, etc.

• Hwasun Hot Spring is located in Ong-ni and Seoyu-ri, Bung-myeon, Hwasun-gun. It was designated as a hot spring Tourism Zone on February 2, 1983 and has an area of 512 ㎢ (125,000 pyeong) and was opened on October 7, 1995. The natural radium hot spring welling from the ancient volcanic crater pumps a volume of 5,500 tons a day, at a temperature of 25.5℃-34℃, and contains 5 indispensable minerals, such as sulfur and zinc. This spring water is highly effective for growth promotion, depilation prevention, skin culture, energy promotion, treatment of athlete's eczema, neuralgia, arthritis, chronic eczema, chronic kidney trouble, etc .

• Muryeom Arbor is a house built in the middle of 16th century by Song Jeong-sun, with the pen name of Muryeom, who held a post at Seonggyungwan, the highest national educational institution, and he was a chief of Punggi -gun under the reign of King Jungjong and King Myeongjeong.
  
  Later on, it was inherited to Na Mu-song and his brother Na Mu-chun, sons of Song's daughter. Several repairs were made, followed by those in 1966 and 1981. The Arbor is a tile-capped house of one story that has a hall structure of 3 frontal chambers and 3 side chambers. It is located in the upper region of Hwasun Jeokbyeok(Hwasu Cliff), which is only 3km away. If you appreciate the magnificent view of valleys and cliffs from the Arbor, you will feel like a Sinseon (Taoist monk) in the beautiful scenery

• Yeongbyeok was given to the Arbor, because the Arbor enables one to enjoy how the scene of Mt.Yeonju, reflected in the Jiseok River, changes from season to season. The Yeongbyeok Arbor, one of the 8 Great Scenes in Neungju, is a tile-capped house of two stories which has a tower type of 3 frontal chambers and 2 side chambers. The period of construction is not known for certain, but it is guessed to have been built at the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty, judging from the poem of Kim Jong-jik (1431-1492) as well as a newly enlarged edition (1481-1531) of the Dongukyeojiseungnam [Encyclopedia of Korean Geography and Customs] by Yang Paeng-son (1488-1545).

• Cross the Ipgyo [traditional cylindrical hat formed bridge] located 19km southwards from Hwasun-eup and go 500m northwards along the brook bank and you will find how a group of rocks and pine trees harmonize with each other, behind which stands the Songseok Arbor in the pine forest. The Arbor, hidden by fantastic rocks and stones at the river, pine trees and bamboos, is the place where Yang In-yong, an official under the reign of the Joseon Dynasty King Seonjo, led a peaceful life of later years, chatting with friends and reciting and writing poetry, after returning home, avoiding the power struggle under the reign of Gwanghaegun.