[Harumanbo Harucheonja] Let's Walk Even If It's Hot... Summer Festivals Are Coming

Hadong Seomjin River Culture Festival to be held from next month 14 to 16
Hwangto Mudflat Festival at Muan Mudflat on next month 21

Although the heat arrived earlier than usual this year, the nationwide walking craze shows no signs of fading. Summer festivals being prepared across the country are also offering unique walking programs, hoping to attract tourists.

The '8th Hadong Seomjingang Cultural Festival' in Hadong-gun, Gyeongnam Province, is a representative example. Held from the 14th to the 16th of next month, this festival has prepared various programs such as barefoot walking on white sand and pine trees, and moonlight walking along the Seomjingang River. Hadong-gun is preparing this year’s festival at Songlim Park and the Seomjingang area. In addition to walking programs, the festival will provide various sights, entertainment, and food, showcasing its status as a major local festival.

Experiences such as georaengi (traditional clam fishing) at the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Site, a clam OX quiz, and water gun fights are planned. There will also be tasting and sales booths for clams, a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage promotional hall, flea markets, agricultural specialty product promotional and sales booths, and exhibitions and sales events including the Harmony Park music fountain laser show. Events offering healing time away from daily life, such as the festival’s signature event 'Find the Golden Clam!', a youth street culture festival, and the Songlim Healing Zone, are also arranged.

At the '10th Muan Hwangto Mudflat Festival' held in Muan-gun, Jeonnam Province, visitors can enjoy barefoot walking on the yellow soil mudflats and plogging. This festival, taking place from the 21st to the 23rd of next month at the Hwangto Mudflat Land area in Haeje-myeon, was planned to promote the value of the clean Muan mudflats, which nurture life and coexist with human life, as well as the nutritious agricultural and marine specialty products produced in Muan’s yellow soil.

The Hwangto Mudflat Land, where the festival is held, is designated as Korea’s first wetland protection area, Ramsar Wetland No. 1732, and a Jeonnam Provincial Park. Here, visitors can learn about the value of Muan’s yellow soil mudflats and participate in the '3 Meong' challenge?water gazing (mulmeong), mud gazing (ppeolmeong), and fire gazing (bulmeong)?as well as enjoy 'campnic,' a combination of camping and picnicking. The festival plans to offer a starlit Muan Star Sea trip to provide visitors with a moving experience. At the mudflat experience site, activities such as catching octopus, eel, and mud crabs, and making onion kimchi are prepared.