Anyangcheon Shines on Winter Nights... Yeongdeungpo-gu Hosts the First 'Anyangcheon Night Light Festival'

December 23 - January 1, 6-10 PM: 'Anyangcheon Night Light Festival' to Illuminate Winter Nights with Spectacular Lights
Four Themed Spaces Decorated with 'Light'... Awesome Christmas Tree Zone, Awesome Photo Zone, Awesome Place, Black Forest... A Space for Leisure, Relaxation, and Cultural Enjoyment, Anticipating a Vibrant Transformation of the Anyangcheon Riverside

The emotionally rich "Night Light Festival" that will brilliantly illuminate winter nights is set to unfold at Anyangcheon.

Yeongdeungpo-gu (District Mayor Choi Ho-kwon) announced that from December 23 to January 1 of next year, for 10 days, the "Anyangcheon Night Light Festival" will be held, adorning Anyangcheon with dazzling lights.

The "Anyangcheon Night Light Festival," themed "A special time you can only meet at night," will take place from 6 PM to 10 PM along the embankment walking paths between Mokdong Bridge and Yangpyeong Bridge, the waterside area around Eoseom (artificial island), and the Yangpyeong 2 pedestrian overpass. Each section, divided into four themes, will be beautifully decorated with various light sculptures, landscape lighting, and illuminated walking paths along Anyangcheon.

First, on the artificial island "Eoseom" within Anyangcheon, a large Christmas tree evoking the year-end atmosphere will be installed. Right in front at the "Eoseom Photo Zone," visitors can enjoy ▲a photo zone with the large tree ▲a sparkling forest of lighted trees ▲a 7-meter-wide large coloring guestbook. At "Awesome Place," visitors can experience various activities under the unique ambiance of blacklight, including ▲making neon trees ▲creating fluorescent landscapes ▲fluorescent face painting ▲and playing glow-in-the-dark traditional games under the moonlight. On the blacklight-illuminated walking path called "Black Forest," interactive lighting that responds to human movement and the shimmering creatures of Anyangcheon under the lights can be seen.

Especially since this is the first festival, the district will add significance by holding a lighting ceremony to mark the festival's opening together with residents. Through the integrated online reservation system, residents can apply on a first-come, first-served basis to participate in the Christmas tree and Black Forest lighting ceremony held at 6 PM on the 23rd.

Additionally, this festival will feature "cultural experimental projects" planned and executed directly by residents to revitalize urban waterside culture in various locations.

Meanwhile, since being selected as the only "Legal Cultural City" in Seoul, the district has been striving to expand cultural infrastructure and opportunities for cultural enjoyment. In particular, after Anyangcheon was selected in September for Seoul’s "Waterside Vitality Hub Creation Contest," the district is accelerating efforts to develop the Anyangcheon waterside area into a new vibrant space where culture, economy, rest, and leisure coexist. The plan is to newly highlight Anyangcheon as an emotional waterside space and a lively area where festivals, performances, and play take place.

Choi Ho-kwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, said, "We hope you spend a special year-end with Anyangcheon reborn in light at the first Night Light Festival this year," and added, "As Seoul’s representative waterside hub city, the district will continue to pay close attention so that Anyangcheon can become a living space for rest, culture, and leisure for residents as well as a new vitality space."

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