Gurye-gun Hosts Experience Event to Promote Muncheok Watermelon

Held at Gurye Experience Travel Cooperative Center on the 11th-12th

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok] The Gurye Muncheok Watermelon Promotion Experience Event, which was suspended due to the impact of COVID-19, has returned with more abundant and diverse sights, activities, and food following the lifting of social distancing measures.

The Gurye Muncheok Watermelon Agricultural Cooperative Corporation, Gurye Experience Travel Cooperative, and residents of Anji, Hwayang, and Guseong villages will hold the event under the theme "Taste Watermelon and Experience with Your Family!" from the 11th to the 12th.

Gurye Deondeul Watermelon is characterized by its cultivation in the fertile sandy soil along the Seomjin River and a climate with a large temperature difference between day and night, resulting in a higher sugar content and superior aroma compared to watermelons from other regions. During this event, limited direct sales of black watermelons will be offered at prices lower than the market.

A county official expressed expectations that the event will be a true "three birds with one stone" experience, where families can heal in the open space against the backdrop of the Seomjin River embankment road, enjoy artworks, and savor Gurye specialties.

Various family-friendly experiences will be available, including watermelon games (seed spitting, relay races), watermelon stealing experience, rice cake pounding, snail cream making, green tea experience, gimbugak (seaweed snack) making, and Gurye historical commentary.

Additionally, there will be plenty of food such as gimbugak, traditional Korean sweets (hangwa), watermelon punch, iced green tea, ssukbujeong-i cup rice, and sansuyu (cornelian cherry) beverages.

For sightseeing, visitors can appreciate artworks filled with Gurye’s sensibility, including pieces from Gwangui Han Gallery and Muncheok Gallery Cheok’s Gurye landscapes.

On Sunday the 12th at 7 PM, a Nangchang Nangchang small concert will be held to cool down the early summer heat.

A representative from the Gurye Experience Travel Cooperative said, "We are very pleased to resume the event after the long social distancing period and have prepared it with our best efforts after a long wait. We hope visitors will heal in the picturesque villages set against Jirisan Mountain and the Seomjin River."

This year’s Gurye Muncheok Watermelon Promotion Event will take place in Muncheok-myeon, Gurye-gun, with shuttle buses operating from Munilgwan parking lot to the event site.

For more detailed information about the event, inquiries can be made at the Gurye Experience Travel Cooperative Center.

Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok kun5783@asiae.co.kr

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