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Buyeo Seodong Lotus Festival

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52, Gungnam-ro, Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do
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This festival celebrates the beautiful lotus flowers and highlights the importance of preserving wild flowers. Though the festival’s program contains many events related to lotus flowers, making paper lotus flowers and making lotus flower soap are two particularly popular programs with international visitors. Various other popular tourist destinations are located nearby the festival grounds, including several Baekje (18 BC-660 AD) cultural historic sites such as the Baekje Wangneungwon (royal mausoleum), Nakhwaam, and the Baekje Historical Museum.

Utilization information

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End date
20160717
Venue
Seodong Park (Gungnamji) area
Start date
20160708
Venue info
[Bus]
From Seoul Nambu Bus Terminal, take an intercity bus to Buyeo.
(Bus schedule: 6:30-19:20, 40min intervals / Estimated Travel time: 2 hours)
- From Buyeo Intercity Bus Terminal, take a taxi to Gungnamji (궁남지, 1.5km).

Updated 2016.04.14

Introduction

This festival celebrates the beautiful lotus flowers and highlights the importance of preserving wild flowers. Though the festival’s program contains many events related to lotus flowers, making paper lotus flowers and making lotus flower soap are two particularly popular programs with international visitors. Various other popular tourist destinations are located nearby the festival grounds, including several Baekje (18 BC-660 AD) cultural historic sites such as the Baekje Wangneungwon (royal mausoleum), Nakhwaam, and the Baekje Historical Museum.

Programs

- Opening & Closing ceremony
- Contest
- Art & Culture Performance
- Hands-on Activity
- Special Local Goods Sales
* Programs is subject to change. Find more information at the official website.

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52, Gungnam-ro, Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do


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蓮の花ペーパークラフトや蓮の花石けんづくりが見どころでした。

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