Gangneung Wolhwageori (Moon and Flower Street)

The 'Namdaecheon Wolhwajeong Legend', which also served as the motif for Chunhyangjeon, has been reborn as 'Wolhwageori' and is being filled anew with love stories of all people living today, not just a thousand-year-old tale. Wolhwageori, reborn as a 'sacred place' of love! Wolhwageori is now love. The 'Namdaecheon Wolhwajeong Legend' is a poignant love story between a man and a woman, whose main characters are 'Muwolrang' and 'Yeonhwa Buin', the parents of Myeongjugunwang Kim Juwon, who became the progenitor of the Gangneung Kim clan during the Silla period. During the reign of King Jinpyeong of Silla, Muwolrang, who was appointed from Gyeongju to Gangneung (old name: Myeongju), accidentally met Yeonhwa, the daughter of a local magnate, and fell in love. However, after being ordered by the court to return to Gyeongju, Muwolrang forgot Yeonhwa, and Yeonhwa, who was pressured by her parents to marry another, entrusted a letter to a carp in the pond she frequented and sent it to the sea. Meanwhile, Muwolrang, who had visited the market due to his mother's illness, bought a carp, and upon cutting open its belly, found a letter—it was Yeonhwa's letter. Muwolrang hurriedly returned to Gangneung, and both parents, acknowledging that this was a matter of sincere devotion that moved heaven rather than human effort, granted permission, and the two finally became a married couple.<br /><br />[Source: Digital Gangneung Culture Encyclopedia]<br>