World Confucian Scholar Culture Park and Korea Culture Theme Park Driven as Gyeongsangbuk-do’s largest project for the three cultural areas, this project was completed in June 2021 and opened in October 2022, ten years after it was first started. Situated in the wonderful nature overlooking Andong Dam adjacent to the Dosan Seowon in Andong-si, the ‘World Confucian Scholar Culture Park’ consists of the ‘2,400-seat Andong International Convention Center, dreaming of becoming the Davos of Korea’ and the ‘World Confucian Culture Museum, a larchiveum or a digital archive for storing Confucianism knowledge’. Aiming to become a global hub of Confucian culture, the overall project gives an opportunity to appreciate Confucian culture and its scholarly spirit, which are the historical culture reflecting the region as well as Korean content.

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28,442 + 9,372Square meters
floor areas
+2 / -2Two stories and
Two basement levels
2022Project
Completion

The ‘Korea Culture Theme Park’ offers a non-daily experience space for performance, healing, play, and accommodation by reconfiguring the indigenous value of Korean culture based on the theme of Sanseong village in the 16th-century, Joseon dynasty. The theme park’s main attractions include numerous performances and pop-up events held at places such as a traditional play theater, Seolhwa theater, Bell Tower Yard, and Sandae Theater. The idea was to create an edutainment theme park with reconfigured traditional architecture, such as Nammun Plaza, market streets, and Hyangchon Village, where visitors could experience and learn about history.

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