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Bonghwa Eel Festival
봉화은어축제
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This event has ended. The information below describes the past event.
Plan your visit
- Dates
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- Venue
- Bonghwa-gun Bonghwa-eup Naeseongcheon Area
- Address
- Gyeongsangbuk-do Bonghwa-gun Bonghwa-eup Naeseong-ri 506 number
- Admission
- Free admission (Experience program fee required)
- Organizer
- Bonghwa Festival Tourism Foundation
- Operating hours
- 09:00~22:00 (Korean original)
- Program
- 1. Experience Events: Eel Bandu Catching, Eel Barehanded Catching, 'Eel King' Best Bandu King Selection Contest, National Barehanded Catching Contest, Global Bandu Championship (Foreigners' Bandu Catching God Selection Contest), Eel Championship: War of the Allies (Barehanded Catching Contest with Participating Agencies in Bonghwa-gun), Splash! Children's Water Park, Naeseongcheon Sand Play Area, Water Play Zone (Pedal Boat Experience) 2. Performance Events: Opening Ceremony and Celebration Performance, 2nd Imong-ryong Selection Contest, Silver Bonghwa Arts Festival, Eel Neon Live, Gogodino Insect Exploration Sing-Along Show!, Changhyeon Street Karaoke, Choebaek Concert, Youth Go-Go Stage, Silver Crush Water Bomb, Closing Ceremony and Celebration Performance 3. Community Participation Events: Delivery Zone, Bonghwa Harmony Day (Creating a Safety Festival and Campaign to Eliminate Overcharging) 4. Exhibition Sub-Events: Eel Live Fish Sales Area, Eel Healing Seuteisyeon-Center, Eel Tasty Garden: Daehyeongsik-Hall, Crispy! Eel Twigimjangteo, Eel Snack Zone (Simple Meokgi-ri Sales Area), 21st Family Health Walking Contest [Usage Fees] 1. Eel Bandu Catching Experience: 12,000 won (Bonghwa Love Gift Certificate 5,000 won refund) 2. Barehanded Bandu Catching Experience: 12,000 won (Bonghwa Love Gift Certificate 5,000 won refund) 3. Advance Reservation: 10,000 won (Bonghwa Love Gift Certificate 5,000 won refund) 4. Children's Water Park: 3,000 won (Bonghwa Love Gift Certificate not applicable)
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Festival location
Bonghwa-gun Bonghwa-eup Naeseongcheon Area
Gyeongsangbuk-do Bonghwa-gun Bonghwa-eup Naeseong-ri 506 number
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About the festival
The Bonghwa Eel Festival is a summer water play festival held with the natural environment as its backdrop, designating eel as the main theme. This festival features hands-on experiences such as catching eels with nets and bare hands as core content, allowing visitors to directly experience the ecology of eels. During the festival period, in addition to these eel-catching experience programs, various performances are held, along with food experiences using eel as an ingredient and refreshing water play programs. Furthermore, to respond to climate change phenomena, various infrastructure and convenience facilities, including showers, shaded areas, and rest spaces, are established and provided at the festival site. This festival is an experiential festival operated based on ecological resources, encouraging participation.
Source: Korea Tourism Organization · TourAPI · TourAPI 142064
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