MBC Dramia

MBC Dramia is a shooting set made by MBC for their historical/sageuk dramas such as Jewel in the Palace, Queen Seondok, Jumong, Isan, Dong Yi. At first I thought the place name was typo, instead of Dramia it should be Drama. But no, the name combines Drama and Utopia words. I’ve been dreaming to visit this place since I fell in love with Korean drama Moon Embracing The Sun, because it is also one of shooting locations of that movie. Finally I got a friend to travel together to that place.

We took bus 8.30 from Nambu Bus Terminal. You can buy the ticket directly with the lady in ticket box, or using automatic machine, or tap your T-Money card when you aboard the bus. There is no seat number in the ticket, so you can sit wherever you like (available). The fare to Baekam Terminal was 4,200 KRW, and it took about 1 hour to get there. Show your ticket or tell the bus driver in advanced that you’re going to Baekam terminal, or listen carefully the announcement in the bus.

Don’t expect Baekam Terminal would be big, you would be dropped off on the street (and the bus would continue its trip to somewhere else). According to the website, you can take city bus 35-1 from Baegam Terminal, but I and my friend took a taxi today. It cost about 7,000 KRW. The location of MBC Dramia was really isolated, in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by forest, fields, and mountains. Well, it’s a perfect location for filming historical drama.

We really amazed on how they made all these props for drama. They have replica of scholar’s house, folk village, old market, royal palace, temple, fighting arena… so complete and detail! They sure spent a lot of money in making this, but look at those drama they created, all became big and famous drama and reach oversea audience. They’re really serious on making their drama, not like Indonesian Sinetron.

In this site, you can also try Korean traditional clothing, each 20,000 KRW. Quite expensive tho (especially if you compare with free Hanbok services in Myeongdong and Gyeongbokgung), but their clothes are the ones from the drama. You can wear the exactly same cloth that Queen Seon-deok or Misil used in the series.

There were not so many explanation about Moon Embracing The Sun drama in this place, maybe because it’s a recent drama. I couldn’t find King’s Quarter, where the King sleeping. There were many important scenes around the King’s residence, I’d really love to see it. But I was already happy to see this!

The entrance ticket 7,000 KRW for this place is totally worth it, especially for a sageuk lover like me. Happy!