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Eungbongsan Mountain Forsythia Festival

응봉산 개나리축제

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Eungbong-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul (서울특별시 성동구 응봉동 응봉산)

Overview

Eungbongsan Mountain is famed for its forsythia flowers. Each year, it hosts the Eungbongsan Mountain Forsythia Festival, organized by Seongdong-gu and Seongdong Cultural Center. The festival venue is Palgakjeong (Octagonal Pavillion) on the mountain.

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Start date: 2015.04.03
End date: 2015.04.05
Venue: Palgakjeong (Octagonal Pavillion) in Eungbongsan Mountain
Venue info: [Subway]
Eungbong Station (Jungang Line), Exit 1.
- Walk straight for 271 meters, and take a right at the first-three way intersection.
- Turn left again at the next three way intersection.
- Go straight for 274m to arrive the venue.
Show times: 13:00-17:00
Admission: Free

Updated 2016.06.21

Introduction

Programs

[Main event]
- Picture Contest
- Seongdong family Essay Contest
- Forsythia Healing Concert

[Activities]
- Selfie & photo zone
- Face painting & nail art
- Making forsythia flowers
- Photo exhibition on the progress in modern history of Seongdong-gu
- Food marketplaces

*Program details are subject to change and vary each year.
Find more information at the official webpage.

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Eungbong-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul

Traffic information

Subway Line K Eungbong (응봉) - 645.1m
Subway Line 5 Singeumho (신금호) - 1082.1m
Subway Line 3 Geumho (금호) - 1090.7m
Subway Line 5 Haengdang (행당) - 1145.8m
Subway Line K Oksu (옥수) - 1147m
Subway Line 3 Oksu (옥수) - 1147m
Subway Line B Seoul Forest (서울숲) - 1506.5m
Subway Line 2 Hanyang Univ. (한양대) - 1640.9m
Subway Line 2 Ttukseom (뚝섬) - 1691.3m
Subway Line 3 Yaksu (약수) - 1744m

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