Uam Historic Park
우암사적공원
The place where Song Si-yeol, a great Joseon-era Confucian scholar, taught. Namgan Hall and the academy buildings are set into the hillside, making it Daejeon's most complete traditional Korean hanok historic garden.
Uam Historic Park is located in Gayang-dong in Dong-gu and is where Song Si-yeol (pen name Uam, 1607-1689), a leading late Joseon Confucian scholar, taught in his later years. The core is Namgan Hall, built in 1683 and designated a tangible cultural heritage of Daejeon. The park also has reconstructed academy buildings, a book storage hall, a shrine, and a lotus pond. The buildings are arranged in tiers up the hillside, and the ponds and pavilions create a classic Joseon academy garden. It is often used as a filming location for period dramas. Admission is free. The park is small, and you can see everything in about an hour. It looks especially beautiful in autumn when the ginkgo trees and foliage turn color. Getting there: about 20 to 30 minutes by bus from Daejeon Station or the city center to Uam Historic Park stop. Nearby Daejeon University is close by, and you can visit Dongchundang Park, also associated with the Song family, on the same trip.
Opening hours
Approx. 05:00–22:00 (building interior has shorter hours)
Nearby sights
- Sojedong Railway Village
- Daejeon Jungang Market
- Sungsimdang Bakery
- Former Chungnam Provincial Office
- Sikjangsan Observatory
- Gyejoksan Red Clay Trail
- Daejeon Museum of Art & Lee Ungno Museum
- Hanbat Arboretum