Kim Jong-beom Photo Culture Center: A Hidden Gem in Nonsan
A place where you can enjoy photo exhibitions and take memorable pictures.
Address: 372 Sanjik-ri, Yangchon-myeon, Nonsan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Mingalaba (Hello)!
I am a Myanmar citizen who loves Chungcheongnam-do.
Do you know where the smallest church in the world is located?
You can find it at the Kim Jong-beom Photo Culture Center in Nonsan, and I'd like to introduce it to you.
The Kim Jong-beom Photo Culture Center is located in a small rural village called Sanjik-ri, Yangchon-myeon, Nonsan.
It's a famous place for photo exhibitions and photography, so anyone in Korea who enjoys taking pictures has likely visited at least once.
I prefer taking photos to appreciating them, as I'm not very knowledgeable about art.
The Kim Jong-beom Photo Culture Center has cars, bicycles, pianos, and other props set up to help you take beautiful pictures.
Before viewing the photo exhibition, I took some personal photos while looking around the various objects around the Photo Culture Center, and I could feel the artist's love for travel and art.
Kim Jong-beom is a photographer who has traveled the world, taking pictures and exhibiting them in many countries.
Looking at the photos introducing the artist, I saw that he had appeared on TV many times and even had a photo taken with the President.
I thought that he must be a photographer who is as famous as a celebrity.
The exhibition hall features photos of Tapjeongho Lake.
Tapjeongho Lake in Nonsan is a popular tourist destination because of the Tapjeongho Suspension Bridge.
Also, thanks to the clean environment of Tapjeongho Lake, there are fishermen who catch fish, and it is a place where natural creatures grow.
I think the skill of beautifully capturing Tapjeongho Lake is truly amazing, and it is an exhibition where you can learn about the importance of the natural environment.
After seeing the exhibition, I went to see the small church in the bamboo forest.
It has become famous as people introduce it as the smallest church in the world, and I was looking forward to it because it is a really beautiful place.
When you enter the bamboo forest, you can see the path well because many people have come and gone.
And it is decorated like an outdoor exhibition at an art museum, which makes me curious.
A collection of traditional Korean jars that are commonly seen in rural Korea, and being in a bamboo forest, it felt like a trip to the past.
In the bamboo forest, there is the 'Small Church in the Forest', the 'Cross on the Hill', and the 'Small Church on the Hill'.
The Small Church in the Forest is the most famous here, and the other two were recently built.
The Small Church in the Forest is called the smallest church in the world by people.
The reason for calling it this is because the church is so small that only one person can enter.
And I think it looks even smaller because it is in the bamboo forest.
The color of the bamboo and the color of the church go well together, so it looks really beautiful when you take a picture.
After seeing the Small Church in the Forest, I went to see the Small Church on the Hill, which was recently built.
Decorating the path to the bamboo forest made me look forward to seeing the Small Church on the Hill every time I walked through the narrow passage.
However, I think it would be better to plant more bamboo around the path than to make a path by cutting bamboo, so that people can feel the atmosphere of nature.
The Small Church on the Hill is different in color and atmosphere from the Small Church in the Forest.
The blue sky is visible in the back, making it beautiful, and the bamboo forest in the front makes it mysterious.
Just as the Small Church in the Forest was popular as the smallest church in the world, I hope that people will visit the Small Church on the Hill as a new place in the future.
The Cross on the Hill was also newly built like the Small Church on the Hill.
Both places are so beautiful that I think many people will come to take pictures in the future.
After seeing the photo exhibition and the two churches and the cross in the bamboo forest, I had coffee at the cafe.
The Kim Jong-beom Photo Culture Center is free to enter, so anyone can visit freely.
It would be a burden to open the Photo Culture Center without an entrance fee.
So, it helps if you drink tea or coffee at the cafe after viewing it instead of paying an entrance fee.
Kim Jong-beom Photo Culture Center
Address: 48, Daedun-ro 351beon-gil, Yangchon-myeon, Nonsan-si, Chungcheongnam-do
Operating Hours: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Closed every Monday)
Admission: Free
* Visited on: November 16, 2025
Source :https://blog.naver.com/sinmunman/224087919071
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