Seongnam City to Create Forest Bathing Area in Cheonggyesan

[Asia Economy (Seongnam) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province is creating a forest bathing site in Cheonggyesan Mountain, aiming to open it in October next year.

Seongnam City recently signed a business agreement with the Northern Regional Forest Service through written communication and announced on the 18th that they will jointly promote the project.

According to the agreement, the Northern Regional Forest Service will provide Seongnam City with 50 hectares of national land around San 73-2, Sangjeok-dong, Sujeong-gu, to create the forest bathing site.

The city will invest 624 million KRW to establish the Cheonggyesan forest bathing site featuring three themed forest trails for healing, recreation, and nature experience, and will be responsible for its operation and management.

The healing forest trail is a 1.4 km section from Hyeoreupjae to Otsam Mineral Spring in Cheonggyesan.

A forest space for wishes, meditation, contemplation, and vitality will be created with platforms, forest bathing decks, and benches, allowing visitors to heal with phytoncides and negative ions emitted by dense pine and oak trees.

The recreational forest trail is a 2.3 km section connecting Mangyeongdae and Maebong. Utilizing an observatory known for sunrise views, natural valleys, and wetlands, it will be designed as a sky greeting forest and sky watching forest space.

The nature experience forest trail is a 1.6 km section from the old village in Sangjeok-dong to Mangyeongdae. It will be developed into a youth forest experience site, outdoor stage, five-senses experience forest, and challenge forest space.

Upon opening, the city will assign forest interpreters at the forest bathing site information center and operate forest healing and youth forest interpretation programs.

Lee Gwang-cheol, head of the city's Greenery Division, emphasized, "Cheonggyesan is perfect for forest bathing with a mix of broadleaf trees like oak and coniferous tree clusters such as pine. We will enhance the public value of the forest and provide citizens with a rest space full of phytoncides, cultivating it into a landmark of Seongnam City."

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