Sparkling Along the Cheolgilsup Forest: '2022 Healing Feeling Pohang Cheolgilsup Night Walk' Held

Cheolgil Space and Urban Forest Cheolgil Forest... First Night Event Combining 'Night Tourism' Held

A Midsummer Night Healing & Feeling Cultural Trip to Appreciate Everyday Life and Enjoy Together

'Healing Feeling Pohang Cheolgil Forest Night Walk' event poster.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Pohang City, Gyeongbuk, will hold the ‘2022 Healing Feeling Pohang Cheolgil Forest Night Walk’ at the Cheolgil Forest area from 6 PM to 11 PM on the 26th and 27th.

The event section spans 5.6 km from Sangsaengsup Station (Hyoja Church) to Dureok Madang (under Bangjangsan Tunnel), where along the Pohang Cheolgil Forest Trail, five theme zones using ‘light’ (Sangsaeng Station, Gamsung Station, Family Station, Dongsim Station, Hope Station) will offer abundant cultural experiences and side events.

‘Sangsaeng Station’ covers a 2.7 km section from Hyoja Church and features neon sign titles and the ‘Hand of Coexistence’ sculpture introducing local commercial districts. It is a space focused on local linkage programs such as lantern making (first-come, first-served), Hyoridan-gil popular restaurants, and local commercial district certification events.

‘Gamsung Station’ is located under the Dancing Promenade and offers various audiovisual content that stimulates emotions, including a lighting show using light, a media facade themed on Pohang, and the Yeonorang Seonyeo fairy tale story zone. Visitors can also enjoy healing busking performances.

‘Family Station’ centers around a refreshing musical fountain and operates a mat rest zone, a heart photo zone, and a flea market selling Pohang tourism products. Every 30 minutes, a fountain show is held, followed by magic shows, balloon performances, K-breakdance performances, and a generational empathy play zone (traditional games), allowing people of all ages to communicate and enjoy together.

‘Dongsim Station’ consists of kid-friendly content that stimulates participants’ innocence, including the Fantasy Land (plaster mime, clown, animal character performances), Shining Animal Forest (large animal LED sculptures), the Hope Train photo zone symbolizing the old railway’s memories and the new hope of the Cheolgil Forest, and the Dreaming Star Tree bubble show.

‘Hope Station’ extends to Dureok Madang (under Bangjangsan Tunnel) and features an exhibition gallery of winning works from the Pohang Greenway contest using LED frames, a laser show themed on Pohang’s light and future light, and a hope message zone, fully embodying the special city of hope, Pohang.

Additionally, as a linked event under the theme ‘Our Small Actions to Protect the Earth!’, a ‘Snack Shop Where Trash Becomes Money’ will operate, allowing anyone to participate in a unique plogging experience by picking up trash and exchanging the weight of the trash for snacks. The ‘Yeongilman Friends Love Market,’ held every Saturday, will also be extended until 10 PM.

The opening ceremony will be held at 7 PM on the 26th at Hanteo Madang (under Daejam Overpass), featuring a large drum performance announcing the start of the 1st Pohang Cheolgil Forest Night Walk, a forest light vocal performance, sand art and fusion classical collaboration performances depicting the history of the Cheolgil Forest and the future of Pohang.

Following this, invited performances by singer Kyungseo and vocal fairy Kassy, who are loved by the MZ generation and rising stars, will fill the summer night Cheolgil Forest with emotion.

For more details, please refer to the Pohang Cheolgil Forest Night Walk website, and various pre-event online SNS events are currently underway.

Mayor Kangdeok Lee said, “This is the region’s first night festival combining urban tourism and night tourism along the ‘Pohang Greenway,’ a representative successful case of urban forest, overcoming the limitations of Pohang festivals that were limited to marine tourism. I hope it becomes a representative festival that comes to mind when thinking of summer nights.” He added, “We will strive to make the railway space not just a simple walking path but a place to enjoy tourism and culture while also fostering coexistence with the local commercial districts.”

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