Period:Every
year Oct. 3∥Oct. 5 Location:Mt.
Taebaek Provincial Park, Sports Complex,other
locations throughout the city Organizer
:Tabaekje Promotion Committee
Information on the Festival
This is both a folk festival and a citizens' festival.
It is held to promote folk culture and to strengthen consensus
among citizens.
Festival Details
- Rituals- Cheonje
(ritual for heaven), Dangunje (ritual for Dangun, the
founder of Korea),
Sansinje (ritual for the mountain god)
- Cultural Events-Essay Writing Contest, Housewives'
Song Contest, Traditional Music Performance,Nationwide
Picture Contest, Caligraphy Exhibition, Painting Contest
- Sports Events- Ssirum(Korean wrestling), Seesaw,
Log Cutting, Chinese Cabbage Piling, Carrying Pit Props,
Special Skills Contest
Festival Gallery
Tourist Sites in the Vicinity
Yeonhwa Falls, Coal Museum, Yongyeon
Cave
Information
- Tourist Cultural Division 550-2083
- Tourism Information 550-2828 /552-8363
Information on the Festival
