Wando-gun Hosts One-Month Slow Walking Festival... Attractions and Experiences Offered

Feel Spring on Cheongsando from April 8 to May 7

Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do, will hold the 2023 Cheongsando Slow Walking Festival under the theme "Spring Spring Spring Healing Garden, Come to Cheongsando" from the 8th of this month to the 7th of next month in the Cheongsando area.

According to the county on the 5th, this festival is prepared so that tourists can enjoy rest and leisure while walking slowly in the beautiful slow city Cheongsando, where canola flowers are in full bloom, and heal their body and mind.

Canola Flower Field Landscape in Cheongsando, Wando [Photo by Wando-gun]

The main events include "Cheongsando Plogging," aimed at protecting the environment and minimizing littering, the stamp tour "Cheongsan Wanbo," which walks 11 slow trail courses, and "I Will Walk in Cheongsando," where participants walk with Cheongsando residents and listen to stories from every corner.

Additionally, there are night bus tours under the stars in Cheongsando, "Find the Cheongsando Snail," Cheongsan calligraphy and painting, and exhibition-type programs such as the Cheongsando Chair Garden, Cheongsando's Perspective, an old photo exhibition hall, and various performances.

Moreover, the Cheongsando One-Day Class, involving young artists from Wando-gun, offers activities such as Cheongsando travel sketching, Hwangchil horticulture experience, and making Cheongsando magnets.

In particular, with the full operation of the Cheongsan Marine Healing Park, during the festival period, Nordic walking experiences and healing facilities such as sound, scent, seaweed, foot baths, and herb maekbansuk are available free of charge to those who make reservations.

For more detailed information about the festival, please visit the Wando-gun Office website, the official SNS of the Tourism Division (Facebook·Instagram), and the YouTube channel "Cheongsandoe Waborangkke," featuring local residents.

Meanwhile, Cheongsando is a place where beautiful natural scenery, blue sea, mountains, guduljang rice paddies, stone walls, and haenyeo (female divers) blend with slow landscapes and traditional culture. It was designated as Asia's first Slow City in 2007, gaining recognition worldwide for its value.

The slow trails, named because the beautiful scenery naturally slows down your steps, consist of a total of 11 courses spanning 42.195 km. In 2010, they were selected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as ecological trails with stories, and in 2011, officially certified by the International Slow City Federation as the "World's First Slow Trail."

Wando = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyungpil ckp6737@asiae.co.kr