{{Short description|Island in South Korea}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2017}} {{refimprove|date=June 2017}} {{Tone|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox islands | name = Cheongsando | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | map = South Korea | map_caption = | native_name = 청산도 | native_name_link = Korean language | nickname = | location = Korea Strait | coordinates = {{coord|34|10|N|126|51|E|display=inline}} | archipelago = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 32.963 | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = Mabongsan | elevation_m = 385 | country = South Korea | country_admin_divisions_title = Province | country_admin_divisions = South Jeolla | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = | country_admin_divisions_1 = | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_largest_city = Cheongsando | country_largest_city_population = 2,182 | population = | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = Korean | additional_info = }} {{Infobox Korean name/auto | hangul = ^청산도 | hanja = 靑山島 }}
'''Cheongsando''' ({{Korean|hangul=청산도}}) is an island off the south coast of the Republic of Korea. It is the main island of Cheongsan-myeon, Wando County, South Jeolla Province.<ref>{{Cite web |last=KTO |first=Korea Tourism Organization |title=Wando-gun, Cheongsando Island [Slow City] (완도군 청산도 [슬로시티]) |url=https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/svc/whereToGo/locIntrdn/locIntrdnList.do?vcontsId=103614&menuSn=351 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Wando-gun, Cheongsando Island [Slow City] (완도군 청산도 [슬로시티]) |language=en}}</ref> Accompanied by the four inhabited islands of Daemodo, Somodo, Yeoseodo, and Jangdo, and several uninhabited islands, it is called Cheongsando ('green mountain island') because it remains green through four seasons. It has long been called Seonsan or Seonwon, meaning that a Taoist hermit dwells on the island because of the beautiful view which creates a harmony with the clear and blue archipelago.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cheongsando : 완도문화관광(영) |url=http://www.wando.go.kr/toureng/sub.cs?m=61 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.wando.go.kr |language=ko}}</ref>
== Culture == === Gudeuljangnon Paddy field === Cheongsando has a traditional agricultural system. It has long abounded in steep terrains and stones as well as sandy soil where water drains away quickly. Short of water for paddy rice farming, the area has a rather unfavorable agricultural environment for watery field farming. 'Gudeuljangnon Paddy field' is a paddy field artificially created by reorganizing natural environment to produce more rice in such unfavorable conditions.
Cheongsando 'Gudeuljangnon Paddy field' in Wando County was designated Republic of Korea's Important Agricultural Heritage No. 1 on January 22, 2013 according to the strict criteria of value, partnership, and effectiveness of heritage in deference to Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).<ref>Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (South Korea) (April 14, 2014)[https://web.archive.org/web/20170730130318/http://english.mafra.go.kr/eng/list.jsp?group_id=1001&menu_id=1020&link_menu=1020&division=B&board_kind=G&board_skin_id=G1&parent_code=1001&id=28653&NOW_YEAR=2014 Press Releases]</ref>
=== Slow Walk === Designated as the first Slow City in Asia, Cheongsando in Wando-gun hosts the annual Cheongsando Slow Walking Festival.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180420000463|title=[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights around Korea|date=2018-04-20|access-date=2018-04-21|language=en}}</ref>
Cheongsando Slow Walk used to be a trail for the mobility of the island residents. It was named so, because the walkers would naturally slow down, touched by the scenic view. 2010 saw the opening of the total 11 courses (17-gil) stretching 42.195km.
Characteristically, the courses are designed so that the walkers can see a mix of the scenery along the trail, people who dwell nearby, and stories related to different courses. The beauty of the trail got its outside recognition, and in 2011 it was designated as World Slow Walk No. 1 by Cittaslow International.<ref> [http://www.cittaslow.org/news/wando-county-wando-kor-2012-cheongsando-slow-walk-festival Cittaslow NEWS](June 15, 2012)</ref>
=== Filming === The island drew attention as a tourist attraction after it served as a shooting location for the film ''Seopyeonje'' ({{korean|서편제|labels=no}}) by Im Kwon-taek. The television dramas ''Spring Waltz'' and ''Scent of a Woman'' were also partially filmed at the island.
== References == <references />
==External links== *[http://www.wando.go.kr/toureng/tourist/main_tour/Cheongsando Wando Tourist Information ] *[http://www.wando.go.kr/toureng Wando County] *[http://gudeuljangnon.co.kr/eng/eng.php Gudeuljangnon Paddy field ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102094922/http://gudeuljangnon.co.kr/eng/eng.php |date=November 2, 2019 }}
Category:Islands of South Jeolla Province Category:Wando County