Hello, this is JIRO! It's been a while since our last post. We hope you've been doing well. Today, we'd like to introduce Chuncheon through one of Korea's most beloved literary classics, Camellias by Kim You-jeong. Let's discover the real flower behind the story and explore the places that inspired it! Did you know? The flower in Kim You-jeong's Korean classic Camellias is actually a Korean spicebush flower? Why is the story called Camellias? In the Gangwon region, people once called the Korean spicebush , which blooms with small yellow flowers in early spring, " mountain camellia. " Because true camellias were rare there, Kim You-jeong used this local name as the title of his story. One of the Most Famous Scenes in the Story "Bet you don't have this at your house!" Jeomsuni teases the boy almost every day. She starts chicken fights, throws potatoes at him, and picks on him whenever she can. Yet behind her playful teasing, the author ...