Pocheon and Yangju Join Forces to Promote Hantangang Garden Festa and Hoheamsaji World Heritage Bid

Pocheon and Yangju Join Forces for Joint Tourism and Cultural Heritage Promotion

Collaborative Content to Spotlight Hantangang Garden Festa and Hoheamsaji World Heritage Bid

Nighttime Opening Days and Hours Adjusted for Hantangang Spring Garden Festa

Pocheon City and Yangju City in Gyeonggi Province have joined hands to promote their region's representative tourist attractions and cultural heritage.

Pocheon City, along with Yangju City, conducted a joint promotional shoot on the 14th to announce the 'Pocheon Hantangang Spring Garden Festa' and the campaign for the inscription of Hoheamsaji in Yangju as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Provided by Pocheon City

Pocheon City held a joint promotional shoot with Yangju City on the 14th to announce the 'Pocheon Hantangang Spring Garden Festa' and the push for the UNESCO World Heritage inscription of Yangju Hoam Temple Site. Provided by Pocheon City. Provided by Pocheon City

Pocheon City announced on May 15 that, on the 14th, it conducted a joint promotional photo shoot with Yangju City to promote the 'Pocheon Hantangang Spring Garden Festa' and Yangju Hoheamsaji Site's push for UNESCO World Heritage registration.

This collaboration was launched to enhance mutual promotional effects by neighboring municipalities introducing their respective major events and issues together. Each city produced content using their mascots—'Powoori' for Pocheon and 'Byeolsan' for Yangju—so that citizens and tourists could engage more familiarly with the events.

The promotional video will feature the "2026 Pocheon Hantangang Spring Garden Festa," which is being held at the Hantangang Ecological Landscape Complex until June 7. The Garden Festa, Pocheon's signature spring festival, offers attractions such as seasonal flower gardens, tropical gardens, themed gardens, large-scale topiaries, photo zones, the Hantangang Y-shaped suspension bridge, and nighttime lighting content. It has established itself as a popular springtime destination for families and tourists.

In addition, Yangju City will use this video to actively promote the Yangju Hoheamsaji Site, which is aiming for UNESCO World Heritage registration in 2027. The Hoheamsaji Site is a major Seon Buddhist temple complex that flourished under royal patronage from the late Goryeo to early Joseon period and was listed on the World Heritage Tentative List in 2022 as a representative historical and cultural asset.

This collaborative promotional video is scheduled to be released next week through the official promotional channels of both Pocheon City and Yangju City.

A Pocheon City official stated, "This joint promotional shoot will help communicate the Pocheon Hantangang Garden Festa and Yangju Hoheamsaji World Heritage bid to citizens in a friendlier and more accessible way," adding, "We will continue to cooperate with neighboring municipalities to create publicity that resonates with and involves our citizens."

Pocheon City will partially adjust the operating days and hours for the nighttime opening of the '2026 Hantan River Spring Garden Festa' starting from the 18th. Provided by Pocheon City

Pocheon City will adjust the operating days and hours for the nighttime opening of the "2026 Hantangang Spring Garden Festa" starting from the 18th. Photo by Pocheon City

Adjustment to Hantangang Garden Festa Nighttime Operations... Safety and Construction to Proceed in Parallel

Meanwhile, Pocheon City has announced it will partially adjust the nighttime opening dates and hours for the "2026 Hantangang Spring Garden Festa" starting from the 18th.

This adjustment is intended to facilitate the smooth progress of the second phase of construction ahead of the full opening of the "Hantangang Media Art Park" at the end of June, as well as to ensure the safety of visitors.

Daytime operations will continue as usual every day, while nighttime operations will be available from Thursday to Sunday each week. There will be no nighttime operations from Monday to Wednesday, but they will run as usual on public holidays and the day before public holidays. Nighttime access will be available until 10 p.m.

During nighttime opening, various attractions such as two-way media content, immersive landscape lighting, and columnar joint media facade shows will be provided in the Hantangang Ecological Landscape Complex and around the Y-shaped suspension bridge.

This nighttime opening will continue until June 7, after which, once the second phase of the "Hantangang Media Art Park" is completed at the end of June, the space will be newly operated as the themed tourist destination "Terra Fantasia."

A Pocheon City official commented, "This adjustment to the operation schedule was made with both the second phase of construction of the Hantangang Media Art Park and visitor safety in mind," adding, "Daytime operations will run as usual every day, while nighttime operations will be available from Thursday to Sunday. As nighttime operations will also be offered on public holidays and the day before, we ask visitors to check the operating days in advance before planning their visit."

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