Silver Waves Across the Mountains... Silver Grass in Full Bloom at Mount Mindung

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Amidst quintessential autumn weather, the mountain slopes of Jeongseon, Gangwon Province, a renowned silver grass destination, have been dyed in silver.

Reporter Jo Jaegeun introduces the magnificent spectacle of silver grass in full bloom swaying like waves.

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Beneath a cloudless, brilliant blue autumn sky, the mountain waist is entirely colored with silver grass blossoms.

Fully opened, the silver grass blossoms catch the midday sunlight, flaunting their pristine white beauty to the fullest.

The silver grass began blooming starting last month, with a 66-hectare area surrounding the mountain peak covered in silver grass fields.

With the occasional autumn breeze blowing through, the silver grass blossoms create white waves resembling falling snow before spreading out like ripples across the surroundings.

Hikers making their arduous ascent to the peak, against the backdrop of silver grass taller than an adult, experience autumn with all their bodies and capture memories in photographs.

[Park Jun-hyuk / Gocheok-dong, Seoul: I heard people say it was pretty, but I didn't expect it to be this spectacular. There is so much of it, and the silver grass spreads out so expansively that I think it is well worth visiting at least once.]

Mount Mindung became a bare mountain in the past due to slash-and-burn farming, after which silver grass spread, with silver grass colonies unfolding from the eighth ridge upwards.

Because the surrounding area is a limestone region, visitors can also see dolines, which are sinkholes formed by subsidence processes. A round-trip hike of about four hours is plenty of time to fully enjoy the scenery.

[Jin Sun-mi / Suwon, Gyeonggi Province: It was so exhausting coming up, but seeing it up here, it is so beautiful and the scenery is great, so I think to myself that I'm really glad I came. It's my first time seeing this many silver grass plants.]

Aligned with the silver grass blooming season, 200,000 to 300,000 tourists visit Mount Mindung every year, and the silver grass festival will continue until early next month as autumn comes to an end.

(Video by: Kim Dae-chul) (Photo: Yonhap News)
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