Yuseong in Daejeon

Yuseong in Daejeon is known for high tech industries, Daejeon Expo '93, Daedeok Science Valley and the Yuseong Special Tourism District. Since the time of the Baekje Kingdom, Yuseong has been famous for its natural springs and spas which helped to nourish the tourism industry in the area.

Features of Yuseong in Daejeon

•  The natural riches of Yuseong in Daejeon eventually resulted in the creation of the Yuseong Special Tourism District.

•  Yuseong hot springs are located at the center of Daejeon.

•  The hot springs are known to be effective in curing many kinds of diseases.

•  The water here contains alkaline minerals like calcium, and potassium, sulfur, carbonic acid and radium.

•  Especially, the high concentration of radium, found here, is behind the medicinal properties.

•  Such alkaline hot springs are known to be good for curing neuralgia and geriatric diseases.

•  There are several accommodation arrangements with excellent facilities which make it easy to visit here while touring.

•  Yuseong Hot Springs has long been associated with cranes.

•  Legend has it that during the final days of Baekje Kingdom, a man, the only son and heir of a family for seven generations, was seriously wounded during a war with Silla.

•  His mother became greatly anxious over her son's injury.

•  One day, she saw a crane with a wounded wing dipping itself into a hot spring in amidst snow covered ground.

•  The mother was amazed to find the crane getting healed immediately.

•  She took her son there and his wound was healed as well.

•  The legends also have a significant role to play in popularizing the healing properties of the Yuseong hot springs.

•  Yuseong in Daejeon is one of the commercial centers of Daejeon Metropolitan City.

•  In order to prevent centralization in Seoul, the President Park Chung Hee concentrated the country's high tech industries here in the Yuseong area.

•  Expo '93 was held at Yuseong because it is a hub of the country's high tech industries.

•  Yuseong-gu is also famous for its hills, large parks and recreational areas. Yuseong-gu apartment complexes have been designed to coexist with surrounding mountains and nature in a harmonious way.

•  In 2005, Yuseong-gu was the area with the second largest increase in population with Gangnam-gu being the first.

•  From Daejeon Station, you can take a bus for Yuseong. It will take about 40 minutes to reach Yuseong.