On the 24th at 3 PM, the '22nd Yangcheon-gu Jeongwol Daeboreum Folk Festival' held at Anyangcheon 1st and 2nd Baseball Stadiums
Featuring Seoul's tallest 12m moon house burning and the largest fireworks display ever to mark the festival finale
New LED Jwibulnori and Bukcheong Lion Dance added, with food courts, trucks, traditional game booths, and various performances for enjoyment
Yangcheon-gu (District Mayor Lee Gi-jae) will hold the "22nd Yangcheon-gu Jeongwol Daeboreum Folk Festival," burning the tallest 12m daljip (bonfire structure) in Seoul at the No. 1 and No. 2 baseball fields under Sinjeonggyo Bridge on Anyangcheon Stream from 3 PM on the 24th, praying for a bountiful year and good fortune.
Especially this year, the festival will newly introduce the "Bukcheong Lion Dance" to pray for the village's peace, and plans to expand the scale of the much-loved "fireworks" display.
Additionally, to prevent safety accidents such as fires and burns caused by embers, the festival will conduct a "LED (Light Emitting Diode)" style Jwibulnori (traditional fire play), and operate a "Jwibulnori Making Experience Booth" where visitors can reflect on the meaning of the Daeboreum seasonal customs.
Moreover, food trucks and a food court offering various delicacies will be set up.
The event will begin at 2:30 PM with a street parade and pungmul (traditional Korean percussion music) performance, followed by diverse traditional art performances including Korean dance, pansori, Gyeonggi folk songs, Pyongyang geommu (sword dance), and tightrope walking at the Anyangcheon riverside baseball field. At the "Folk Play Experience Booth," visitors can enjoy traditional games such as rice cake pounding, tuho throwing, cracking nuts, spinning tops, kite flying, and writing wishes.
The main moon-viewing event will start at 6 PM, opening with a samulnori (traditional percussion quartet) performance. The highlight of the festival will be the burning of the daljip, which stands approximately 12 meters tall, the tallest among autonomous districts. Notably, about 1,800 residents' wish papers collected during the New Year's Day sunrise event at Yongwangsan will be burned together to dispel misfortune and pray for happiness.
Following this, excitement will be raised with "Jisinbalgi" (stepping on the earth god ritual) and "Ganggangsullae" (traditional circle dance) around the daljip, culminating in the largest-ever fireworks display to beautifully illuminate the Daeboreum night.
With over 3,000 citizens expected to attend, the district has conducted a safety management plan review with related agencies such as Yangcheon Fire Station and Yangcheon Police Station. About 150 on-site management personnel will be deployed to strictly maintain safety distances and order around the daljip.
Lee Gi-jae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, said, "This year's Daeboreum festival is packed with warm traditional programs that residents can enjoy together. We hope families will come out and have a meaningful time praying for a bountiful year and good health."
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