Yangyang Chrysanthemum Festival Extended Until the 27th Due to High Visitor Numbers

Chrysanthemum Flowers at Their 'Peak'... Visitors Keep Coming
Local Food Day Event Held with 'Yangyang Haetteumi'

Yangyang-gun, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province (Governor Kim Jin-ha) announced on the 18th that the ‘2024 Yangyang Chrysanthemum Festival,’ originally scheduled to run until the 20th, will be extended until Sunday, the 27th.

Gangwon-do Yangyang-gun initially planned to hold the "2024 Yangyang Chrysanthemum Festival" until the 20th, but due to a large number of visitors, it has been extended by one week and will now run until Sunday, the 27th. The photo shows the venue where the "2024 Yangyang Chrysanthemum Festival" is being held.

Celebrating its first year, the Yangyang Chrysanthemum Festival is a tourism product themed around beautiful chrysanthemums, promoting local cultural and tourism resources with attractions and activities. It has been held since the 3rd at the Yangyang-gun Agricultural Technology Center area to support income generation for local farmers and to revitalize agriculture and rural communities.

The festival site featured chrysanthemum and sculpture exhibitions, a chrysanthemum bonsai research association exhibition, a flower market, a farmers market selling processed agricultural products and handicrafts, a free tasting event to promote pork consumption, an ecological photo exhibition, food trucks, and stage performances.

Although the festival was initially scheduled to end on the 20th, Yangyang-gun decided to extend the festival period until the 27th, considering that chrysanthemums have recently begun to bloom in full and that the festival site continues to attract visitors with various sights and experiences.

In particular, the 20th, 26th, and 27th have been designated as Small Pop-up Days, during which a Local Food Day event will be held in collaboration with the NongHyup Central Association Yangyang Branch, four regional NongHyup offices, and the Yangyang-gun New Vitality Plus Project Group, featuring Yangyang Haetteumi, the local rice.

This event includes various interesting experiences such as rice giveaway events, free tasting of garaetteok (rice cake sticks), chrysanthemum tea tasting, making chrysanthemum gardens, and making rock pine flowerpots. Additionally, there will be a local food market, free pork tasting, and musical performances including bands, instruments, and vocal music to enhance the festival atmosphere.

Yangyang-gun plans to provide enjoyable experiences for visitors and actively promote Yangyang’s agricultural specialties through the chrysanthemum festival and related Yangyang rice consumption promotion and local food events.

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