Korean Best#2 Festivals!

  

Korea has many awesome festivals!
Today, I am going to introduce the best three festival, of course, it is ranked by me :)

#1 Bo-ryeong Mud Festival

 Korea has a great mud flat which is scarce all over the world. Our western side sea, the Yellow Sea is famous for big tides and broad mud flat. So, Boryeong city in Chung-cheong province, are hosting a big mud flat festival in Daecheon beach. Last year, it attracted 3.2 million visitors, and almost 10% of them are foreigners. It is held usually during 8 to 9 days in July.
 There is a mud spa, mud sliding, mud prison, mud ski, military training experience at mud flat. Visitors can enjoy mud massages, body painting, fireworks festival, and several performance there. See the pictures! You will be covered fully by mud! However, you know what? Mud is really good for your skin, after having really crazy and happy time here, your skin become really softer! For sure, it is temporarily, if you want to keep your skin soften, you could immigrant here :) The mud in this festival are purified before moving to here, so you don't have to worry about it! Come to Boryeong Mud Festival and enjoy one of the most unique moment in your life, and take a bunch of good pictures!








 #2 Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival





 Yudeung is a lantern fueled by oil. This is a beautiful night show on the river. This is originated from the first Jinju castle battle during the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592. In October, 1592, General Simin Kim won a signal victory with 3,800 soldiers and the people agianst 20,000 Japanese soldiers. In the war, the general float lantern on the Nam river with other supporting army like raised in the cause of justice in order to block Japanese Army from crossing the river. In June 29th, 1593, there was second Jinju castle battle, finally the castle was fallen and almost 70,000 people died. After this war, Korean start to this event to comfort the spirits and pray peace of the country. There are many exhibitions like traditional lanterns, world institutions and customs, performance reproducing the battle, and parade. Visitors can make their own lantern and look around wonderful lantern display.








#3. Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival

Sancheoneo

 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is chosen as the Seven Wonder Festivals of the World by CNN. You can enjoy fishing, delicious Sancheoneo cooking, sled, and bobsleigh.
Sancheoneo is a kind of trout which are belong to salmon family and living in clear water.
 The river is two meter depth and really clear, so you can see many swimming Sancheoneo below the thick ice.

 The main event is ice fishing, catching fish with bare hands. This fish has been recognized as specialty and health food for a long time. Usually visitors can get one or two fish easily because there are 12,000 ice holes and 1 to 2 tons of Sancheoneo is there.

 The bare hand fishing is really interesting because you should catch the quick moving fish by bare hand! You can use free BBQ grill to make baked fish or use some close Sashimi center which fillet your  fish. The sashimi of Sancheneo tastes really soft and chewy. During the cold winter, how about visiting here with your precious people and seizing the amazing day!