Hamyang is the place to where the First Qin Emperor sent Seobok, his servants to get wild ginseng, and even in nowadays, it is the optimized place to cultivate ginseng and a lot of ginseng diggers visit.
It is the place World Wild Ginseng Expo will be held in 2020, and its reputation as the origin country of Koryo wild ginseng and resort area for health with ginseng.