Seodaemun-gu 'Dano Festival Hongjecheon Food Market' Held

Make Dano Foods and Enjoy Folk Games at the Emotional Space Hongjecheon

Experience Making Surichwi Jeolpyeon and Cherry Punch, and Riding Children's Dalgugi

Operate 'Flower Swing Photo Zone' for Dano... Children's Urban Farmers Also Sell Garden Produce

Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Lee Seongheon) will hold the 'Dano Hongjecheon Food Market' on the weekend before Dano, on the 17th of this month, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hongjecheon Waterfall Square and the Riverside Cafe Terrace.

Dano is one of Korea's four major traditional holidays, and the district has prepared this event so that both the older and younger generations can enjoy food and folk games together.

At the 'Dano Food Booth' on this day, visitors can participate for free in making Surichwi Jeolpyeon and Cherry Punch.

At the 'Seasonal Customs Booth,' various folk games such as Meongseokmari (straw mat rolling), Neolttwigi (Korean seesaw), and children's Dalgugi (traditional cart) riding can be experienced, and visitors can also make fans. A 'Flower Swing Photo Zone' for Dano will also be operated.

Additionally, fresh vegetables and fruits, dried seafood, kimchi, salted seafood, grilled short rib patties, jjukkumi (webfoot octopus) meal kits, traditional Korean sweets (Hangwa), twisted doughnuts (Kkwabaegi), freshly made Injeolmi rice cakes, and spicy gimbap from six local traditional markets (Baekryeon Market, Yeongcheon Market, Inwang Market, Yujin Arcade, Hongje Alley Shopping District, Pobangteo Market) will be available for purchase.

At the 'MZ Generation Food ZONE,' young merchants from the Sinchon area will sell various foods such as cheeseburger and fries sets, vegan salads, yogurt ice cream, sausage and rice cake skewers, and cream cakes.

A 'Rest Area' will also be provided so visitors can enjoy food while admiring the scenery of the Hongjecheon artificial waterfall.

Furthermore, a local consumer cooperative will sell eco-friendly food products, and children's urban farmers will sell produce from their garden plots.

The district will also hold an event to encourage the use of shopping bags by giving reusable bags to 500 customers who purchase more than 20,000 won on the day, aiming to reduce plastic bag usage.

Lee Seongheon, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, said, “We look forward to many people participating in the ‘Dano Hongjecheon Food Market,’ where you can remember our traditional holiday and enjoy various foods and folk games at the emotional space Hongjecheon.”

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