It was designated Registered Cultural Heritage No. 208 in 2005. Around the station are a passenger car exhibition hall, Sisilli Square and Bangjuk Park.
Source: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 1 · 6 photos
Gunsan Impi Station Building Today
Worked out per date
Nov 4 (Wed)
Open · 10:00–18:00
060912151822
Sunset
17:35
Sunrise 06:58
Crowd forecast
100 = this place at its busiest
20.7 · Quiet
Forecast by Korea Tourism Organization · received Oct 31
Crowd forecast: A relative forecast where 100 is this place at its busiest; not for comparing places. Quiet 0–39 · Moderate 40–69 · Busy 70 and over — bands set by this site
Tourist information in Gunsan: 8 tourist information centers, free tours by culture and tourism guides and the 47-point Gunsan stamp tour, with hours, departure times and completion rules
Gunsan Impi Station Building in detail
Gunsan Impi Station stands in Sulsan-ri, not Eumnae-ri, because local Confucian scholars objected
Gunsan Impi Station is a station on the Gunsan Line, which branched off the Honam Line in 1912. The railway ran through Sulsan-ri instead of Impi's Eumnae-ri because the Confucian scholars of Eumnae-ri opposed it. The reason they gave was feng shui. The Impi Station building that remains today was built around 1936 as a Gunsan Line railway station.
Under Japanese occupation, Gunsan Impi Station was on a route that carried Jeolla-do farm produce out
During the Japanese occupation, Gunsan Impi Station was one point on an important rail route. Farm produce from Jeolla-do was carried along it through Gunsan Port and shipped out to Japan. This is why the Gunsan Impi Station Building is counted among stations with a history of colonial exploitation.
Gunsan Impi Station Building, Registered Cultural Heritage No. 208: its building and its change to a minor station
Gunsan Impi Station Building was designated Registered Cultural Heritage No. 208 in 2005. This station building, built around 1936, shows the typical architectural form and methods of the small rural stations built at the time, and its original look is fairly well preserved. Impi Station became a staffed simple station on April 1, 1995, and it stopped handling freight on September 30, 2005.
At the Gunsan Impi Station Building: a passenger car exhibition hall, Sisilli Square and stories of Chae Man-sik
Gunsan Impi Station Building has Sisili Plaza, a passenger car exhibition hall, an embankment park, an old-style toilet, a well site and a noon-gun platform. These spaces are tied to stories from the works of novelist Chae Man-sik, who came from this area. Hours are 10:00–18:00, and it is closed every Monday.
The current Gunsan Impi Station Building was built around 1936 as a Gunsan Line railway station. It was designated Registered Cultural Heritage No. 208 in 2005. source 1
Is the Gunsan Impi Station Building free, and is there parking?
The Gunsan Impi Station Building is free, and parking is available. Gunsan Impi Station Building opens 10:00–18:00 and is closed every Monday. source 2
Why is the Gunsan Impi Station Building in Sulsan-ri and not in Impi's Eumnae-ri?
Confucian scholars in Eumnae-ri opposed a station there, citing feng shui. So the Gunsan Line was routed through Sulsan-ri instead of Eumnae-ri, and the Gunsan Impi Station Building stands there. source 1
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