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NaJu City

By In Jae Whoangtoc

Do you know where NaJu is? If you don’t, then here is information about NaJu. NaJu is an excellent city placed in South-Korea- South Jeolla provinceand this place has a lot of sight to see, food to eat and lot of things to learn. The first thing we’re going to talk about is about history of NaJu. = =  = = =History of NaJu=

When Goryeo **[|dynasty]** was built by the first king of Goryeo, NaJu city helped Goryeo to grow rapidly and the first king of Goryeo was married with a woman in NaJu which makes NaJu one of the important cities in those old days. In 983 A.C, there were 12 buildings built in 12 cities to rule those cities and one of them were built in NaJu and this building made NaJu become a special city in those old days. In 1011 A.C, **[|Khitans]****[|intruded]**Korea and the king of Korea refuge into this city for 10 days. This shows that Jeolla **[|province]**represented the foothold of Goryeo government. By the way, Goryeo is the ancient stage of Korea.

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=NaJu Pears=

 Pears produced in NaJu are bigger, sweeter and more nutritious than pears produced in other cities. Its size is as big as a 3 years old kid’s head. Because it’s such a great fruit, it’s often bought by a lot of people during **[|Chu-Seok]** (also called Han-Gawi) and some other fruits can be sent (For ex: grape, apple, and **[|persimmon]**). There is a museum about pears and there is a festival about pear-blossoms too. This festival happened during April 11th to 12th this year. feel the life of pear farmers. Second place is NaJu image **[|theme park]** and there were a lot of dramas produced in that place. This is the name of one of those dramas filmed in NaJu image theme park: Jumong. The final place is called Geumseonggwn and it was built in 903 A.C. It is being **[|reconstructed]**to get back its own old appearance. It shows well about how those buildings looked like in old days but it still looks great.

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=Conclusion= So we have learned a lot of things about NaJu. We know that there are a lot of sights to see, foods to eat and lots of thing to learn. If you want to learn more, you should try to visit NaJu anytime. There are always sights to see every season, which would not **[|disappoint]**you.

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