Haemi Eupseong Traditional Cultural Performance
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Overview
Haemi Eupseong Traditional Cultural Performance is held every year at Haemi Eupseong, a representative fortress of the Joseon Dynasty, which was selected as one of the "100 tourist spots the Korean people must go" in 2015 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. One of Korea's best performances, this event presents a variety of spectacles to domestic and foreign tourists. The event consists of a series of Korean traditional performances which might be unfamiliar but certainly interesting to the contemporary people. The historical importance of the fortress adds value and meaning to the event.
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- Start date
- 2017.04.01
- End date
- 2017.10.28
- Age limit
- Visitors of all ages
- Venue
- The traditional cultural performance stage in Haemi Eupseong
- Venue info
- [Bus]
Take a bus from Central City Bus Terminal or Nambu Bus Terminal to Seosan Bus Terminal.
- From Seosan Bus Terminal take Bus No. 510, 511, or 150 heading to the Air Force Base (공군부대) and get off at Haemi Terminal Bus Stop.
- From the bus stop, walk back to the intersection and turn right. The fortress will be ahead on your left (about 300m from the bus stop). - Show times
- Saturday, April-October / 13:00-14:30
* Schedules are subject to change. Please make an inquiry before visiting. - Program
- [Haemi Eupseong Traditional Cultural Performance]
- A big buk: Heralding main performances with strong sound of a big buk, symbolizing the creation of the world
- A set of buks: Playing a set of buks, adjusting beats and rhythm for a rich performance
- pungmulnori: Harmonization of traditional instruments of small gongs, buks, hourglass-shaped drums, a large gong, and conical oboes
- Spinning hat dance: Dance of spinning and flipping a hat attached with a long streamer
- Beona: Spinning plates on sticks
- Traditional martial arts: Martial arts of soldiers in the Joseon Dynasty including actions with bare hands, long spears, swords, and moon blades
- Acrobatic skills on horseback: Dynamic stunts showing actions with spears and swords on horseback
- Tightrope-walking: A performing art accompanied by music and witty dialogue between the tightrope walker and an earthbound clown - Time needed
- Approx. 90min.
- Side events
- [Experience programs]
- Wearing Korean traditional clothes, playing traditional archery, and enjoying beverages in traditional taverns and teahouse
[Folk games]
- Casting arrows into a hole of a jar and rolling a hoop
[A traditional market operated by local people]
- A market selling local products - Admission
- Free
Updated 2020.04.08
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143, Nammun 2-ro, Haemi-myeon, Seosan-si, Chungcheongnam-do
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