Hwahongmun Gate화홍문
VISITKOREA identifies the bridge in front of Hwahongmun as the place where Sun-jae confessed to Sol. Arrive before evening illumination, then continue to the nearby pavilion instead of staging a long shoot on the crossing.
The screen connection and your visit
Filming connection
Why include this place?
The seven arches and stream turn a small bridge scene into the route’s emotional center.
Decide before going
Arrive before evening illumination, then continue to the nearby pavilion instead of staging a long shoot on the crossing.
Return, costs and weather for this visit · Confession by Water
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Confession by Water · 2–3 hours
Hwahongmun → bridge → Banghwasuryujeong
Before you commit to this route
- Start
- Suwon Station (수원역) → Hwahongmun Gate
From your accommodation or the hub below, check the current route to the first place. A place pin is not a verified entrance.
Find the place ↗ - Finish → return
- Hwahongmun Gate → Suwon Station (수원역)
From the final place, check the route back via this hub to your accommodation. Save the return before setting out; optional detours require their own return plan.
Find the return hub ↗ - Time boundary · 2–3 hours
- Add the final bus/taxi connection to the selected visit time, plus both intercity journeys if coming from another city. Check the last return, seats and pickup before buying admission; a short visit does not make the journey short.
- Rain / changed plans
- Omit the lower stream path in rain or closures. Keep open street-level shops/cafés only where safely reachable, then return from the street-level area via the listed hub. Do not rejoin the closed lower path downstream.
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Optional food/drink: KRW 15,000–25,000 per adult is an editorial allowance, not a checked menu price.
Add the admissions below, both transport journeys, local transfers and any parking. Transport has no fixed quote here, so a total is not promised. Shopping and optional paid experiences are extra.
- Hwahongmun Gate: Free · 2026-09-11
Basis and limits
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Evidence for this place
Getting there
- Address
- Hwahong-ro, Paldal-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Getting there
- 10-min walk upstream from Hwaseomun along the Suwoncheon path.
- Hours
- Outdoor access: The gate exterior and stream walk are open public space; attached heritage facilities may keep separate hours (2026-09-11)
- Admission
- Outdoor route: Free (2026-09-11)
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화홍문
여기로 가 주세요
The Korean name plus “please take me here” — every driver can work with this. For precision, open the Naver Map link below and show the pin.
Editor's tips
- The outdoor gate and stream path are publicly accessible.
- Fortress facilities may keep separate hours from the open path.
- Wet weather can make stream-side stones slippery.
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Source reviewed: 2026-07 · Spot outdated info? Tell us