Hwacheon Jjokbae Water Festival
There was a ferry called Namgang-Naru, a shipping route for salts between Incheon and Hwacheon during Koryo Dynasty (918~1392), although water routes are not available due to dams. Nobody remembers the ferry and the boats in Hwacheon at past any more.
Jjokbae Water Festival has started to reproduce the images of boats used in shipping salts at past since 2003. The festivity is last between end of July to early August every year with various programs such as Creative Jjokbae Bulding Contest, Valley hiking, Farm-stay for families and about 30 different programs.
Eolto (the name of the summer festival characters)
Name: Eolto & Dangto
Occupation: Jjokbae Water Festival promotion and Earth observation
Hobby: Crossing over the Milky Way by a raft and making a raft
Home town: They live in the moon making and selling rice cakes, but they love being human on earth. Nowadays, they stay in Hwacheon for 6 months a year enjoying the festivals.
Favorites: Smiling people, seeking curiosities, indulging in romance, playing in the water, visiting Sudarine (an otter’s home) and Eolgomine (Eolgomi family’s home) and so on.
What is Jjokbae?
It called Jjokbae, a small raft in Korea. There is a very famous song telling a story about a rabbit living in the moon crossing over the Milky Way by a raft. In the festival, Jjokbae means a raft that has no limit on the size or design, as long as the raft can carry up to 5 people and must sail manually.
Creative Jjokbae Building Contest
The Jjokbae Building Contest is the biggest event of this summer festival. It has no limit on the size or design, as long as the raft can carry up to 5 people. However, the use of petroleum by-products (i.e. polystyrene foams) is not allowed to keep up the spirit of “protect environment”. The rafts must sail manually and carry up to 5 people who directly participate in designing and building a raft during the festival. The participants make the contest more enjoyable with their unique costumes and creative boat-designs showing off during the water parade. To make the contest more fun, all participants are encouraged to prepare an item to reflect each year's theme.
The participants who do not live in Hwacheon can make their rafts on the designated site in the venue. Participants can register online for the contest on the official website, http://global.narafestival.com.
All rights of the winning rafts reserved to Hwacheon-gun.
Camping for campers
Campers can stay in the special camping lot for summer at reasonable price. Hwacheon stream is next the camping lot and offers beautiful outdoor. Bring your family and friends, mingle with the mother nature, and have fun!
Directions
Bus
Incheon International Airport → Chuncheon→ Hwacheon
Go to bus stop 8A at Incheon International Airport and take a limousine bound for Chuncheon.
Get off at Chuncheon bus terminal and take a bus bound for Hwacheon.
Get off at Hwacheon bus terminal and walk toward Hwacheon bridge to reach Bungoseom island.
Seoul → Hwacheon
Go to Dong Seoul bus terminal or Sangbong bus terminal and take a bus bound for Hwacheon.
Get off at Hwacheon bus terminal and walk toward Hwacheon bridge to reach Bungoseom island
Train
Incheon International Airport → Cheongnyangni station → Chuncheon →Hwacheon
Go to bus stop 5B or 12A at Incheon International Airport and take a limousine bound for Cheongnyangni station.
Get off at Cheongnyangni station and take a train bound for Chuncheon station.
Move to Chuncheon bus terminal and take a bus bound for Hwacheon.
Get off at Hwacheon bus terminal and walk toward Hwacheon bridge to reach Bungoseom island
웹사이트: http://global.narafestival.com
연락처
Hwacheon Festival Organizing Committee
Tel :+82-33-440-2319(Mihee Hyun)
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