Hongseong County is a county

Administrative divisions of South Korea

||South Korea is divided into 8 provinces , 1 special autonomous province , 6 metropolitan cities , and 1 special city...

 in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. Famous people from Hongseong include martyred minister

Six martyred ministers

The six martyred ministers or Sayuksin were six ministers of the Joseon Dynasty who were executed by King Sejo in 1456 for plotting to assassinate him and restore the former king Danjong to the throne....

 Seong Sam-mun and early Korean anarchist Kim Jwa-jin

Kim Jwa-jin

Kim Jwa-jin , sometimes called the "Korean Makhno" or by his pen name Baekya, played an important role in the development of Korean nationalism....

. Chungwoon University

Chungwoon University

Chungwoon University is a private university in western South Korea. The campus is located in Hongseong County in South Chungcheong province. The current president is Kim Hui-jung .-Academics:...

 is located in Hongseong.

Historic figures

Lots of historic people were born in Hongseong.

• Seong Sammun
  Seong Sammun
  Seong Sammun was a scholar-official of early Joseon who rose to prominence in the court of King Sejong the Great . He was executed after being implicated in a plot to dethrone King Sejo and restore his predecessor King Danjong Seong Sammun (1418–1456) was a scholar-official of early Joseon who...
  
   : Notable scholar during Joseon Dynasty
  Joseon Dynasty
  Joseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...
  
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• Kim Jwa-jin
  Kim Jwa-jin
  Kim Jwa-jin , sometimes called the "Korean Makhno" or by his pen name Baekya, played an important role in the development of Korean nationalism....
  
   : Korean independence activist

Cultural assets

In Hongseong, a large statue of Buddha is engraved on a protruding rock carved into the shape of a shrine.

Overall, the headpiece is solid and integrity is shown on the face, but the statue is unbalanced from its loss of volume towards the bottom.

Festival

Its well-known festival is egg cockle festival. Hongseong area meets coast and muds are ahead of it. Its topographical feature possible to get lots of egg cockles.

The taste of egg cockle is unique and not easy to eat in city area. Because of these reasons, the festival got success step by step. However, oil spill around Taean made it more difficult to host festival these days. Fortunately, Hongseong did not get direct damage caused by oil split. County proclaimed to take place its host on Jan 16 of 2008.

External links

• Official local government website