Cheongwon district is the place where the history of Paleolithic Age is embraced. At the same time, it is also the home ground of the patriots such as Son Byeonghi, Sin Chaeho, who fought for their Nation under the rule of Japanese imperialism.
Among the tourist attractions in Cheongwon, the mineral water of Chocheong spring is one of the three greatest through out the world. With the addition of ¡®Ohwa Gukyeong (Nine places with beautiful scenery)¡¯, ¡®The Village of Cultural Assets in Mun-ui¡¯and Cheongnamdae (View point in Cheongnam)¡¯, Cheongwon has a magnificent potential of the tourism. Moreover, Cheongwon has many advantages that attracts the location of industries: The affluent water supply from Daecheong lake, the Gyeongbu highway and Jungbu highway, high speed railway, Chungbuk railway and Cheongju airport, etc.

As the completion of Ochang Science Industrial Park and Osong Medical Science Park, Cheongwon will also boost as the Mecca of the pioneered science and life science.

It is our great pride that the world¡¯s oldest seed rice is excavated in Cheongwon, which is preciously filled with the aroma of cultural richness, and it is our responsibility to preserve it as a valuable cultural heritage and hand it down to our descendants, as well as renown that to the world.


With those considerations, we built this Cyber Museum to stands comparison with any other Cyber Museums in the world. It is also designed for not only the professionals, but also general visitors, so anybody can visit and enjoy expanding their knowledge about our cultural heritage. The site map of this museum is as follows

 

  Section 1: ¡®Human and Eatery¡¯  
    In order to help understanding of the value of Sorori Rice , this section provides the preliminary knowledge on the various environments of the time where the Sorori Rice was cultivated.  

  Section 2: ¡®Sorori Rice ¡¯  
    This section contains the detailed information on the process of the excavation, research, and its result, and the value and meaning of Sorori Rice .  

  Section 3: ¡®Agricultural Culture¡¯  
    This section is chronologically arranged the process of changes in environments, life style, food of the Paleolithic Age and thereafter.  

  Section 4: ¡®Cheongwon Life Rice¡¯  
    This section presents the effort which is taken to develop the nation¡¯s best rice, Cheongwon Life Rice from the world¡¯s olderst rice, Sorori Rice .  

  Information Center  
    This section contains the collections of research resources, news articles and photographs (including video clips) that are relevant to Sorori Rice .
In addition, Kid¡¯s Place is included in this section. Children can participate in the virtual simulation of rice cultivation, and play the game such as rice game, etc. Also in ¡®Interesting RICE¡¯ corner, children can be involved in the questions and surveys, and answer those, and join the forum of agricultural policits.

We wish every visitor to take advantages of this cyber museum, and have quality time here.