Guard-Changing Ceremony of Woongjin Castle 웅진성수문병 근무교대식

・Age limit : Visitors of all ages

・Ticket Reservations : Gongsanseong Fortress ticket booth

・Finished : 20171126

・Location : The area of Gongsanseong Fortress, Gongju-si

・Beginning : 20170401

・Location : [Bus]
Take an intercity bus to Gongju (공주).
From Gongju Bus Terminal, go 700m following Singwan-ro 1-69 (신관로 1-69).
Turn left onto Jeonmak 1(il)-gil (전막1길) and then go straight for 100m to Jeonmak Sageori (전막사거리) bus stop.
Take Bus 100 to Gongsanseong Fortress (공산성) bus stop.

・Performance Times : Saturdays & Sundays, April-November 2016 / 11:00-17:00 (Ceremony is every hour on the hour)

・Programs : [The Guard-Changing Ceremony of Woongjin Castle]
- A roll call and drumming: heralding the ceremony
- A guard-reporting ceremony: The senior guard is presented an order and sword by the king, pledges to firmly defend the castle and reports the beginning of the duty.
- A march: The guards march
- A guard-changing ceremony: The guards in the Baekje`s traditional clothes holding a weapon conduct the changing ceremony against the castle wall.
- Martial art performances: A performing art seasoning modern viewpoints to Baekje`s traditional martial art (closed in June to August for the hot weather)

・Duration : Approx. 20min at the top of the hour

・subevent : [Special performances (puppet shows on the castle wall/role plays)]
- Puppet shows on the castle wall (The Story of the King Muryeong (the 25th great king of the Baekje Empire), The Story of Guards and the Gomanaru Ferry)
- Role plays (Finding the Chunhyang(a woman representing chaste) of Baekje, Find a Spy, and Miss You, Mother etc.)

[Experience programs (with fees)]
- Archery, making a bow, wearing Baekje`s traditional clothes, prison experience, making a Baekje crown, and making a Baekje facial mask etc.

[A special event (playing the role of a guard)]
- Applicants are provided with meals, a guard ID card, and a certificate of voluntary service.

[Meeting the soldiers of Baekje (Photo time)]
- Taking a photo with the Baekje soldiers

・Operating Hours : Free / Fees for the experience programs (the currency is Baekje's ancient coin recreated by the Gongju municipal government; 1 coin costs 2,000 won)