This festival is held every year in April amongst the beautiful green barley fields of the Gochang-gun region. The Gochang Green Barley Field Festival is the region’s most popular festival and was visited by over 550,000 tourists in 2008. The festival celebrates the region’s plentiful 'barley', and visitors can take part in activities such as making flutes out of barley and searching for hidden treasures in the barley fields. A visit to the festival is also a good opportunity to see Seonunsan Provincial Park and Gochangeupseong Fortress, as well as sampling the pungcheon jangeo (eel), which is a regional delicacy.
In the past, kimjang(kimchi-making) day was a day for sharing love, a day for festivals and feasting.
Designated as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, kimjang has gone global and kimchi has become a classic, healthy food much loved by people around the world.
With the first Seoul Kimchi Festival in 2014, the much forgotten Korean sharing spirit comes alive and kimjang was created into a cultural festival that has developed into a leading global sharing festival in Seoul.
Celebrating the theme ‘Happy sharing, Kimjang day,’
the 4th Seoul Kimchi Festival will offer visitors opportunities to touch,
feel and taste the unique Korean kimjang culture through various programs
such as Making&Sharing Kimchi, where over 5,000 people get together to
make kimchi for the underprivileged, Seoul Kimjanggan, where participants
get to try their hands at making kimchi for our families as well
the Kimchi Market and Kimchi Imagination Playground etc.
From November 3rd (Fri) to 5th (Sun), 2017, Kimjang Day!
A festival with an authentic kimjang theme to create an enjoyable kimjang culture rich in traditional value.
We hope that everyone will have a magical time at Seoul Kimchi Festival.
Event name : The 4th Seoul Kimchi Festival
Date and Time : November 3rd (Fri) ~ 5th (Sun), 2017
Venue : Seoul Plaza, Mugyo-ro
Host : Seoul Metropolitan City
Organizers : Seoul Metropolitan City, Kimchi Association of Korea, MIRAL Welfare Foundation
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