Seoul is built on the Han River which is remarkably broad for such a short river. Over the centuries of time this river has provided the city with a navigable connection to the Yellow Sea. However, for the Bazflyers, a small tributary stream running through central Seoul won us over as both charming and a great example of environmental innovation.
The Cheong Gye Cheon stream was formally the domain of shanty settlements and a place where housewives gathered to do laundry while their children played. Efforts to improve the poor aesthetic condition of the stream in 1958 saw it covered with concrete and in 1976 an elevated highway was built over top. Consequently, Cheong Gye Cheon, which was once regarded as a symbol of the nation's development and growth, had vanished.
Today, the stream serves as a wonderful example of people's vision and environmental restoration work. Culture and tradition have been restored in a way that few could have imagined. What a beautiful place…..
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