VOL.69/2024.04

 

[Book Space in Korean Media ①]

NaeRule Gunaseo Supuro Library
(Stream & Forest Library)

An Urban Forest that Melts in Our Hearts Like Spring Nights

 

2022.10.04

 

Shooting spots are places that all drama fans would like to see. Once you arrive at the place you remember the most from your favorite drama, you feel like you have become a part of the drama and have a special experience. For example, “NaeRule Gunaseo Supuro Library (Stream & Forest Library),” located in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, is where the drama “One Spring Night” was filmed. It is a place you can enjoy reading books while feeling the lingering memories of the drama. The drama, which has been steadily loved by people for its unique, calm atmosphere and sentimental vibe even after it has ended, drew attention as popular actor Jung Hae-In and actress Han Ji-Min starred in it. It was also loved by fans all over the world as it was released on Netflix. In the drama, as Han Ji-Min appears as a librarian, libraries are often shown in the background. Therefore, when you think of the drama “One Spring Night,” you will naturally have the image of a library in your head, and find yourself heading to the nearby library without noticing. Below is an introduction to NaeRule Gunaseo Supuro Library, which was built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of modern Korean poet Yun Dong-Ju. Let’s spend a special moment reminding us of the “One Spring Night” drama as we learn about the library.

 

 

A library from the drama “One Spring Night” walks a “New Path”

 

The drama “One Spring Night” is a heartrending love story of a woman who was always lonely and sick despite having a lover and a man who had to live with a great burden on his shoulders. Anyone who watched the drama would have wanted their love to be fulfilled. Here, once you approach the entrance of the library, the first thing you will see is the poem New Path by poet Yun Dong-Ju. Read the poem, and you will be able to think of the “new path” the two characters will walk on after the drama.

 

 

NaeRule Gunaseo Supuro Library welcomes its visitors, who are thrilled to visit a drama shooting spot and filled with high expectations, with its comforting nature as a library. Even before entering the library, the staircase stretching straight to the side, the refreshing forest nearby, and the joyful laughter of the children in the playground will amplify your feelings. Step into the library, and you will see the archive for children on ground G. It has facilities for children and another room for toddlers. A shelf decorated with catchy text and a cozy attic-like space allows children to get acquainted with the books in an instant.

 

 

 

Then, move towards the general archive located deeper on the first floor, and you will come across curations of books, an open reading space, and shelves using the stairs. When you look at the books filling the shelves, you can feel as if you are in the library as a character from “One Spring Night.” Also, if you walk between the shelves standing close to each other, you can vividly recall a scene from the drama where the two characters’ eyes meet with a shelf between them.
Book curations are run every two months in the general archive; in September and October this year, the archive introduces award-winning books that spark readers’ imagination. Books for curations are carefully selected by librarians using the big data platform “Solomon” and analysis of loan statistics with big data. Therefore, the curations provided by the library are high in quality, appropriately reflecting visitors’ preferences.
In the multi-purpose room outside the archive, a poetry program, “Write Poetry in My Original,” is open from August to October, where people can work with poet Seo Yoon-Hoo of Infinite Night and I’m With My Mirrorball All Alone (Munhakdongne). On top of this, programs in various fields are run regularly, and anyone can participate by applying both online and offline in advance.

 

A sentimental, poetic library

 

 

NaeRule Gunaseo Supuro Library reminds you of scenes from the drama, but it is more meaningful that you can find traces of modern Korean poet Yun Dong-Ju. In the poetic literature room on the second floor, you can see many books about and works of poet Yun Dong-Ju on specially-themed shelves. In addition, in the hall next to the archive, a distinctive exhibition is being held, featuring interviews with people about the poet. There is also a separate space where you can listen to his works by audio recital.
NaeRule Gunaseo Supuro Library has been carrying out various activities for its visitors to get closer to poems. For example, the book curation titled “I Wrote Down My Life and It Became a Poem” runs from September to October in the poetic literature archive, you can meet poems about many life stories surrounding us, and you can also get a special postcard when you borrow a book curated in the program. Furthermore, the poetry-themed interiors throughout the library create a lyrical atmosphere, giving you the urge to read poetry now. Apart from this, in cooperation with publisher Changbi’s application “Siyoil,” the library enables people to read poems anytime they want outside the library, helping them have easier access to poetry. Details about “Siyoil” can be found on the library’s official website.

 

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“Spring nights know that you will fall in love.” It is a sentence from the introduction of the drama “One Spring Night.” This sentence would not only apply to the two protagonists of the drama. NaeRule Gunaseo Supuro Library is a place that bridges the reality and romantic imagination of the drama’s fans, a medium that literally connects the city and the forest, given its close location to a nearby Sinsa Park, and a spiritual place that inherits the soul of poet Yun Dong-Ju. How about visiting NaeRule Gunaseo Supuro Library, which is calm like “spring nights” and blends into the city, and reminisce about the afterglow of the drama?

 

NaeRule Gunaseo Supuro Library
Website: www.nslib.or.kr/
Contact: +82-2-307-6701
Address: 50, Jeungsan-ro 17-gil, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul

 

 

 

 

 

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Written by Kim Jeong-Yeon