Dae Jang Geum Theme Park
(
Korean
:
大長今 테마파크
) is a restored and renovated outdoor set owned by
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
where most of the
Korean drama
Dae Jang Geum
was filmed.
History
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The area of outdoor set is about 2,000 square meters within the MBC Yangjoo Culture Valley which is located in Mansong-dong,
Yangju
City,
Gyeonggi
Province. It was once used as a filming location of earlier historical themed dramas such as
Hur Jun
and
Sangdo, Merchants of Joseon
, other variety shows were produced there as well, prior to its opening to the public.
Opening
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Opened to the public in December 2004, the Dae Jang Geum Theme Park is
South Korea
's first drama theme park. It was made for spreading
Korean Wave
and introducing not only
Korean culture
but Korean court culture.
There are 23 facilities such as Dae Jeon, Dae Bi Jeon, Soo Ra Gan (So Joo Bang), Toi Sun Gan, Oak Sa, Guest house, Sa Ong Won, Brewery and so on. There are also some instruments that was used when the
Dae Jang Geum
was filmed. Events and experience programs are progressing at this place so that visitors can see and experience various things.
Closure
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Due to some damages to its temporal building structures and for visitors' safety reasons, the theme park was closed to the public on January 1, 2014, while it continues on as a filming location for producing future historical themed dramas and variety shows.
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Key people
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- Park Sung-jae (president and CEO)
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Former
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- Kim Ji-tae (founder)
- Go Won-jeong
- Hwang Yong-joo
- Jo Jung-chul
- Lee Hwan-eui
- Lee Jin-hee
- Lee Woong-hee
- Hwang Sun-pil
- Kim Young-soo
- Choi Chang-bong
- Kang Seong-gu
- Lee Deuk-yeol
- Noh Seung-dae
- Kim Joong-bae
- Lee Geung-hee
- Choi Moon-soon
- Ohm Ki-young
- Kim Jae-chul
- Kim Jong-guk
- Ahn Gwang-han
- Kim Jang-gyeom
- Choi Seung-ho
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