Certainly, nobody would regret visiting Hwaseong Fortress. Although I live in South Korea, I have never been here. What brought me here was a new school program. It dealt with the theme – Jeong Yag-yong and Hwaseong Fortress and one of the schedules was actually visiting here.

There were lots of special buildings and doors. I was especially interested in secret gates. Those gates were tiny and had to be only pulled to open. If the opponents noticed that they were doors, people in Hwaseong Fortress would fill up the space behind the doors with mud and rocks. The use and appearance were all interesting.

The place I liked most was East-North Pavilion, which is also called Banghwasuryujeong. It was nice and cool unlike the steaming weather and the sight was beautiful.

Hwaseong Hanggoong, the place which was built for the King was beautiful but little bit awkward because it was rebuilt after damages. One of its buildings, Naknamheon was the only building kept from damage and remained without rebuilding. Maybe that's why it looked outstandingly elaborate. Martial arts performance before entering Hwaseong Hanggoong was also great.

I absolutely recommend Hwaseong Fortress to everybody reading my review.