Imsil Cheese History and Culture Center Gains Attention as a Field Trip Exploration Course

Imsil Cheese History and Culture Center, where you can see the history of ImsilN Cheese at a glance, has been built and opened within the Cheese Theme Park, attracting attention as a field learning exploration course for tourists and students.

According to the county on the 17th, the Imsil Cheese History and Culture Center is emerging as another hot place in the Cheese Theme Park, which attracts many tourists nationwide throughout the four seasons, and students visit as an educational site that contains the history of Korean cheese.

The Imsil Cheese History and Culture Center was built and opened within the Cheese Theme Park, attracting attention as an on-site learning exploration course for tourists and students.
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On the 16th, professors and students from Woosuk University visited Imsil for a field trip to learn about the history of Imsil cheese.

This was conducted as a field learning activity for the liberal arts course by Professor Hwang Tae-gyu of Woosuk University titled "The Challenging Spirit and Philosophy of Father Jijeonghwan of Imsil Cheese."

The students visited Imsil Cheese Agricultural Cooperative, then the Imsil Cheese History and Culture Center, and finally the first cheese factory in Imsil.

Imsil Cheese Agricultural Cooperative is the first cheese production specialized company established in Korea. The goat cooperative founded by Father Jijeonghwan became the current Cheese Cooperative, which relocated from Seongga-ri to the current Galma-ri site in 1986, maintaining its reputation as a leading cheese producer in Korea.

Woosuk University students observed the cheese production process at the Cheese Cooperative’s first factory, had a Q&A session, and then visited the Imsil Cheese History and Culture Center to understand the living history of cheese at a glance.

In particular, at the Imsil Cheese History and Culture Center, students had time to learn about the footsteps of Father Jijeonghwan and the history of ImsilN Cheese.

Then, through immersive media that is broadcast in real-time inside the history center, they learned information interestingly and enjoyed educational tourism by taking memorable photos at numerous photo zones inside the center.

The Imsil Cheese History and Culture Center is a subterranean building with a total project cost of 9.1 billion KRW and a total floor area of 1,683㎡. After the passing of Father Jijeonghwan in April 2019, the county’s active efforts led to the approval of the project plan by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in May 2020, and the project was promoted.

The interior of the history and culture center consists of a Cheese Hall, exhibition room, cheese manufacturing and aging room, game zone, and cheese shop.

The exhibition room conveys the development of the Imsil cheese industry, the current status of dairy processing companies in the area, and the cheese manufacturing and aging processes using the latest exhibition techniques and programs. In the cheese manufacturing and aging room, visitors can observe the process of making and aging cheese firsthand.

On the day, students also visited the first cheese factory, viewed the cheese-making equipment actually used at the time, and toured the aging cave that Father Jijeonghwan and local youths dug themselves.

The visiting students said, "We knew that Imsil cheese is famous and delicious, but we did not know much about its history. Through today’s field trip, we learned a lot about Father Jijeonghwan’s cooperative spirit and Imsil cheese, the original cheese of Korea, making it a very beneficial learning experience."

Imsil = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park No-sik baekok@asiae.co.kr

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