Shinan-gun Hosts 'Island Celosia Online Festival' to Enjoy at Home

Live Commerce and Red Dress Code Certification Broadcast via Homepage Starting from the 1st

From the 1st to the 10th, the 'Island Celosia Online Festival' will be held online on the small island of Byeongpungdo. ⓒ Asia Economy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) held the ‘Island Celosia Online Festival’ online from the 1st to the 10th on Byeongpungdo, a small island.

According to the county, the Island Celosia Festival is a festival created by residents who cultivated a barren hillside over three years on Byeongpungdo, a small island belonging to Jeungdo-myeon, creating a miracle. Visitors can enjoy the sky and sea simultaneously at the large-scale celosia flower garden spanning 11 hectares.

Last year, the festival was canceled due to COVID-19, and this year it is held in a reduced scale as an online festival. Thorough quarantine measures will be implemented from the entrance of the island to ensure a safe festival.

The county established an online platform for festival operation, setting up an online studio at the outdoor performance hall of Celosia Park as the main stage, producing various programs that are broadcast through the homepage.

The programs include live commerce featuring Sinan specialties such as gim (seaweed) and king shrimp, the Celosia Song Festival, red dress code certification, AI online kitchen, Sinan travel and festival food enjoyed by a food fighter hosted by Sinan-gun YouTuber Shin Cheol-woo, and the Celosia Talk Cafe held against the backdrop of Celosia Park, among various other contents.

Additionally, anyone can safely enjoy from home events such as riding along the Celosia flower path with the manager of Byeongpungdo office, photo-taking events, the Island Food White Paper containing stories of Sinan island cuisine, and the Island Celosia Festival sharing event.

In particular, two live commerce sessions will be held during the festival period to promote the excellence of Sinan specialties such as gim and king shrimp, with various cooking methods guided and products sold by a culinary researcher.

Governor Park Woo-ryang said, “Although the festival changed to a non-face-to-face online festival due to the spread of COVID-19, we organized programs that residents and tourists can easily enjoy by widely utilizing online media,” adding, “Please overcome the COVID blues by watching the colorful and splendid celosia flowers and show much interest and participation.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.