(Hoengseong = Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Bo-yeon = Hoengseong-gun, Gangwon-do, will present a series of fall festivals featuring Anheung steamed buns, Hoengseong Korean beef, and local history and culture throughout the month of October.
Festivals with different themes are held in Anheung-myeon, Hoengseong-eup, and Gangnim-myeon, so you can enjoy food, performances, experiences, history and culture, and trekking.
The county plans to connect festival visitors to traditional markets, restaurants, lodging facilities, and tourist attractions to revitalize the local economy and stay-at-home tourism.
◇ Anheung Steamed Bread Festival October 2-4… Abundant experiences and food
The 18th Anheung Steamed Bread Festival will be held in the Anheung Steamed Bread Morak Morak Village area from October 2nd to 4th.
Under the theme of ‘Anheung Steamed Bread Festival, bursting with steamed flavor,’ we will prepare a program where you can experience the tradition of hand steamed bread and local food.
Free steamed bun sharing, 'Catch the Golden Steamed Bun', weight guessing, OX quiz, stamp tour, etc. will be held.
Anheung Steamed Bread Morak Morak Village offers steamed bread making and workshop experiences twice a day.
There will also be a local food market, a sales area for local agricultural products, performances and a music festival.
◇ Hoengseong Korean Beef Festival 7th to 11th… Beyond food, into a stay-oriented festival
The 22nd Hoengseong Korean Beef Festival will be held from October 7th to 11th in the area around the Seomgang River under the theme of ‘Delicious, Stay, Shine.’
The festival consists of 17 programs in three areas, including food, culture and arts, and experiences.
Centered around the Korean beef grill, it operates a Hoengseong Korean beef sales center, a food zone at Masmadang, and a local farm market.
Every evening, a music festival is held featuring Chan-won Lee, Seo-jin Park, Seong-hoon Ahn, Rok-dam Cheon, and Hee-jae Kim.
Day and night programs such as a multimedia fireworks show, Yulan Festa, Retro Carnival, and Kids Park are also operated.
The county focused on increasing visitors’ stay time by linking food, performances, and rest areas.
◇ Taejong Nogu Cultural Festival 17th to 18th... Advent walking along history
The 7th Taejong Nogu Cultural Festival will be held in the area of Nogu Shrine in Gangnim-myeon from October 17th to 18th.
Based on the stories of King Taejong Lee Bang-won, Ungok Won Won-seok, and Grandma Nogu, the history and nature of Gangnim-myeon are illuminated.
The representative programs are the ‘King’s Road’, ‘Teacher’s Road’, and ‘Nogu’s Road’ trekking while listening to historical explanations.
There will also be a king's procession reenacting King Taejong's advent visit, a Nogu ancestral rite, civil service exams, traditional cultural performances, and a local singing contest.
We also run family-friendly experience events such as traditional clothing experience, dalgona, balsam dyeing, and historical photo exhibition.
◇ Festival opening to local commercial districts… Expectation of tourism and consumption linkage
Hoengseong-gun plans to strengthen linked marketing so that the special price of the festival does not stop at the event venue but spreads to local commercial districts such as traditional markets, restaurants, and lodging facilities, as well as agricultural specialty product sales places and tourist destinations.
About 55,000 people visited this year's Dunnago Highland Tomato Festival, which was held earlier, and sales of agricultural specialty products amounted to 472 million won.
The Hoengseong Deodeok Festival had 28,000 visitors and sales of agricultural specialty products amounted to 620 million won.
Hoengseong County Mayor Jang Shin-sang said on the 27th, “We will prepare the festival so that it can be a fall trip where you can enjoy the taste, history, and culture of Hoengseong and explore various parts of the region.”
