Seongnam City to Operate 'Haneulnuri Memorial Park' Normally During Chuseok Holiday

[Asia Economy (Seongnam) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province will operate the municipal enshrinement facility, Haneulnuri 1st and 2nd Memorial Halls (Galhyeon-dong, Jungwon-gu), normally during the Chuseok holiday period from the 9th to the 12th.

Operations had been suspended during four holiday periods from the 2020 Chuseok holiday to this year's Lunar New Year due to COVID-19, but the facility will open this time.

The opening hours of Haneulnuri 1st and 2nd Memorial Halls are from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Seongnam City expects about 1,500 visitors at the 1st Memorial Hall and 4,000 visitors at the 2nd Memorial Hall during this holiday period.

As a COVID-19 prevention measure, the 11 ritual rooms (7 in the 1st Memorial Hall and 4 in the 2nd Memorial Hall) will be closed for fifteen days from the 3rd to the 18th.

On Chuseok day, the 10th, the number of cremations at the crematorium (next to the Memorial Hall) will be reduced from 8 to 1 (from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.).

Currently, 10,166 of the 16,900 enshrinement spots (60%) in Haneulnuri 1st Memorial Hall are occupied by the deceased. The 2nd Memorial Hall, which has 25,421 spots, has 22,972 deceased enshrined (90%).

A city official said, "Traffic congestion near the Memorial Halls is expected during the holiday period, so please use public transportation as much as possible," and added, "To prevent COVID-19, please reduce the number of family visitors to six or fewer."

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