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The Gangjin Bay Dancing Reed Festival is a local festival held every fall at Gangjin Bay Ecological Park, providing visitors with a connection with nature through reed field scenery and ecological experience programs.
(Gangjin = Yonhap News) Reporter Jo Geun-young = 'The 11th Gangjin Bay Dancing Reed Festival' will be held in the Gangjin Bay Ecological Park in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do from the 24th to November 1.
At the festival site, there will be a walking area and a photo taking area where you can enjoy the atmosphere of fall against the backdrop of an endless reed field.
Visitors can enjoy a break from everyday life while watching reeds dancing in the wind in the vast scenery of Gangjin Bay.
We plan to create spaces where you can make memories with family, lovers, and friends, and turn it into a festival site where you can stay and rest in nature.
You can see the beauty of the golden reed fields during the day, and the autumn scenery combined with the sunset of Gangjin Bay at dusk.
The Gangjin Bay Ecological Exploration Program is also operated, allowing visitors to get a closer look at the nature of Gangjin Bay.
This is an ecological experience program that provides an easy and fun way to learn about the various creatures and natural environment living in Gangjin Bay against the backdrop of vast reed fields, wetlands, and mudflats.
You can meet the representative creatures of Gangjin Bay, such as whooper swans and ocean trout, and naturally learn why migratory birds, mudflats, and wetlands are important to us.
In the process of walking, observing, and solving missions with the family, children develop curiosity about nature, and adults once again feel the value of Gangjinman's ecological environment.
This year's festival will also run an experience program that adds new value to discarded resources.
Visitors can gain a deeper understanding of the nature of Gangjin Bay and experience it in a different way at the eco-experience center and eco-promotion center within the park.
Gangjin County Mayor Kang Jin-won said on the 6th, “The Reed Festival will be more than just a festival to look around, but a warm festival where children, parents, and families can stay together, communicate, and build memories of fall days.”

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