Hwaseong Jeongjo Hyo Cultural Festival Selected as 'Gyeonggi Representative Tourism Festival' for 7 Consecutive Years

Scheduled for September 27-28 This Year
Expansion of Interactive Programs and Nighttime Content

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 12th that its representative local festival, the 'Jeongjo Hyo Cultural Festival,' has been selected as a 'Gyeonggi Representative Tourism Festival' for the seventh consecutive year, securing 200 million won in provincial funding.

Gyeonggi Province selected 19 festivals as Gyeonggi Representative Tourism Festivals after on-site evaluations and presentation assessments of 33 festivals within the province. Among the selected festivals, 10 festivals will receive 200 million won and 9 festivals will receive 150 million won in provincial funding, based on criteria such as festival planning and content, operation, and development capabilities.

Participants are recreating the Cheonwon of Hyeollyungwon at the Jeongjo Hyo Cultural Festival held last year. Photo by Hwaseong City

The 'Jeongjo Hyo Cultural Festival' is a festival that reenacts the process from King Jeongjo's ascension to the throne to the relocation (遷園) and royal procession (園幸) like a drama. Visitors can experience Hwaseong City's unique historical and cultural content at historic sites such as Yungneung and Geolleung Royal Tombs.

This year’s festival is scheduled to be held over two days, September 27-28, at Jeongjo Hyo Park. The city plans to expand tourist participation experience programs and strengthen nighttime content at this year’s festival. In particular, on the second day of the festival, September 28, the 'Joint Reenactment of King Jeongjo’s Royal Procession,' depicting the journey following King Jeongjo’s filial piety from Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul to Hwaseong Yungneung, will take place.

Jung Myung-geun, mayor of Hwaseong City, said, "Taking this selection as an opportunity, we will do our best to grow beyond Hwaseong Special City into a historical and cultural festival representing Gyeonggi Province and, further, the Republic of Korea."