Director Jang Hang-joon reveals the pilgrimage course to Danjong..From Cheongryeongpo to Makdong mom's taste [My hometown at 6 o'clock]

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Director Jang Hang-joon's "Danjong Pilgrimage Course" in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province will be unveiled.

In the "Travel Hometown Tour" section of KBS 1TV's "My Hometown at 6 o'clock," which will be broadcast on the 4th, we will head to Yeongwol, Gangwon Province, an area where the whole people are paying keen attention. With the movie "The Man Who Lives With the King" about King Danjong's exile in Yeongwol, the sixth king of Joseon, set to surpass 10 million viewers, the number of travelers visiting Yeongwol, which was the filming location and actual exile of King Danjong, is also increasing significantly.

Reporter Jung Jae-hyung connects a surprise video call with director Jang Hang-joon, who directs the movie. Director Jang expressed his feelings about the movie's success and recommended Yeongwol attractions that viewers of "My Hometown at 6 o'clock" should visit. Now, ahead of the 10 million audience, director Jang Hang-joon will be revealed on the main broadcast what kind of story he will have told.

The first journey is Cheongryeongpo, which director Jang Hang-joon selected as an essential travel course. The place, called the "Island in the Land" surrounded by the river on three sides, is the place where King Danjong actually lived in exile, and is known to be the background of the film, and the number of visitors increased more than five times compared to the previous year as of the Lunar New Year holiday. Once a destination of bad luck, it has now become a representative attraction in Yeongwol, walking along the traces of King Danjong.

The Jangneung and Chungui Gong Memorial Hall, located nearby, remain as symbols of loyalty. Jangneung is the tomb of King Danjong, and it is the place where Eom Heung-do, the captain of Yeongwol, secretly collected King Danjong's body and sold it. At the Chungui Gong Memorial Hall, there is a statue of Eomheungdo, which depicts King Danjong's body being pulled out of the water, and it is rumored that director Jang Hang-joon and actor Yoo Hae-jin, who played Eomheungdo in the play, were inspired by the statue.

At Yeongwol's local food restaurant, which was visited several times with the film staff and actors of "The Man Who Lives with the King," Danjong will taste dishes that he enjoyed eating during his exile. In particular, the owner here cooked the foods used in the scene of Danjong's meal in the movie. It adds the depth of the trip by adding the taste of the owner of the "real-life version of Mak-dong Mom."

It is said that Jang's favorite place during his stay in Yeongwol was a tributary of the river. In particular, the Seondol, which rises tall on the riverside, is where the movie's temporary set was built, and it is characterized by a strange rock formation about 70m high, as if a huge rock was split with a knife. In fact, it is said that Danjong took a break on his way to the exile site, and it is still a attraction that attracts the attention of many people due to its beautiful scenery.

The Yeongwol trip, where visitors can explore history and experience special experiences as well as the movie pilgrimage, will be unveiled on KBS 1TV's "My Hometown at 6 o'clock."

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