2024-05-08 20:21:06
Boseong-gun’s ‘2024 Boseong-gun Integrated Grand Festival‘ ended successfully. The ‘Boseong-gun Integrated Grand Festival’, which is said to have opened a new horizon for regional festivals by integrating festivals for the first time in Korea, ended successfully this year with a total of 210,000 people visiting from May 3 to 7 by presenting a total of 9 festivals simultaneously. .
The opening ceremony was held in the order of the ’47th Boseong-gun Teahyang Grand Festival’ and the ’47th Boseong-gun People’s Day’, a performance of pluralism in Hadong-gun, Boseong-gun, a youth leap Boseong performance, a sports competition for residents, the King of Mask Singer for residents, an awards ceremony, and a congratulatory performance. It was reminiscent of a grand concert hall for residents and tourists.
In addition, ‘Seopyeonje Boseong Sori Festival’, ‘Illimsan Azalea Cultural Event’, ‘Boseong Children’s Day’, ‘Boseong Green Tea Marathon’, ‘Korea Optimist National Yacht Competition’, ‘Daily Concert’, and ‘Drone Light Show’ are held every day. etc. were held.
At the ’26th Seopyeonje Boseongsori Festival‘, which is leading the pansori renaissance, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the President’s Award went to Da-jeong Kim (41 years old, female) in the pansori master singer category, and Kang-to Lee (25 years old, male) in the famous high school singer category. Won the grand prize, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award.
The ‘102nd Boseong Children’s Day Event’ held on May 5th was attended by about 800 children and their families from all over the country. Special memories were created for children through the ‘Challenge Golden Bell’ program with families, including magic and bubble performances, family photo making, balloon art, fire safety experience, and dalgona making.
The ’19th Boseong Green Tea Marathon’ boasted the highest participation rate ever of about 5,000 people. The results of the competition were that in the men’s full-course event, Mooyoung Seo recorded a time of 2 hours, 37 minutes, 50.17 seconds, and in the women’s category, Sunmi Moon took first place with a time of 3 hours, 17 minutes, 49.83 seconds.
In the ‘2024 Korea Optimist National Yacht Competition’, over 100 athletes and executives from the Korea Yachting Association in 2 events (Optimist, ICLA 4) and 8 divisions participated. A total of eight players, including Boseong-gun youth representative Park Jun-su and national team candidates Kim Hwon, Ko Min-seo, and Park Da-ol, participated, and the game was played with enthusiastic support from the residents.
The 20th Illimsan Azalea Cultural Festival, held in the country’s largest azalea colony, began with a mountain spirit ritual and featured programs that anyone, regardless of gender or age, could enjoy, including a forest concert, a forest culture photo exhibition, and woodworking games.
In addition, the ‘2nd Daily Concert’, which brought residents and tourists together to provide a variety of attractions every evening, and the ‘Boseong Drone Light Show’ using more than 500 drones were held.
A tourist named Kim, who visited Boseong from Gwangju, said, “During the Golden Week, I made my own tea and drank tea in Boseong and made happy memories with my children. It’s good to be able to watch the Boseong Tea Festival and other festivals.”
Boseong-gun Mayor Kim Cheol-woo said, “I would like to thank everyone, including each festival promotion committee, volunteers, and public officials, who did their best to break away from the existing local festival image and create a new festival image.” He added, “The entire region is excited by this Boseong-gun Integrated Grand Festival.” “I saw the possibility that it could be done and gained confidence that it could even revitalize the local economy,” he said. “We will continue to scale and systematize various festivals to widely show a newer and more unified side of Boseong-gun.”
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2024-05-08 20:21:06