Meet the “King” from Two Thousand Years Ago at the 17^th Hanseong Baekje Cultural Festival

September 21^st (Thu.) - September 24^th (Sun.) Peace Plaza, Olympic Park

Festival season is approaching. Among the various festivals held across the country, one festival you definitely don’t want to miss this fall is the Hanseong Baekje Cultural Festival. You’ll regret it all year long if you miss Seoul’s premier historic and cultural festival, which has won a variety of awards as the king of festivals both home and abroad, and is also internationally recognized for its value. In particular, this year’s Hanseong Baekje Cultural Festival offers a variety of programs over four days, with each day featuring a theme of one of four kings of Hanseong Baekje who lived through pivotal times in history. We recommended adding the Hanseong Baekje Cultural Festival to your bucket list this fall, as it will be a mysterious experience where you can experience life in another era at the festival, transformed into Hanseong Baekje period from two thousand years ago.

September 20^th (Wed.)

Dongmyeong Ritual (Baekje Ancestral Rite) 19:00-20:00 Seokchondong Ancient Tombs

September 21^st (Thu.) Day 1

Meet King Onjo, the Founder of Baekje

Hanseong Baekje Honbul Torch Ceremony 10:00-11:00 Gyeongdang Historical Park in Pungnap-dong

Meet the Kings of Hanseong Baekje 13:00-17:30 Baekje Village (Peace Plaza)

Hanseong Baekje Gala Parade 13:00-17:30 Tour of Olympic Park Event Halls

Opening Ceremony and Theme Performance 18:00-19:00 Peace Plaza

Hanseong Baekje Goodwill Concert 19:00-21:00 Peace Plaza

Hanseong Baekje Fortress Tracking 19:00-21:00 Peace Plaza-Mongchontoseong Fortress

September 22^nd (Fri.) Day 2

Meet King Goi, who Laid the Foundation of the Country

Hanseong Baekje Symposium 10:00-18:00 Hanseong Baekje Hall, Hanseong Baekje Museum

Meet the Kings of Hanseong Baekje 13:00-17:30 Baekje Village (Peace Plaza)

Hanseong Baekje Gala Parade 13:00-17:30 Tour of Olympic Park Event Halls

Ceremony for the 26^th Songpa People’s Day 17:00-17:30 Peace Plaza

Hanseong Baekje Eoulmadang 17:30-20:30 Peace Plaza

Hanseong Baekje “A Night of Counting Stars” 19:00-21:00 Peace Plaza-Mongchontoseong Fortress

September 23^rd (Sat.) Day 3

Meet King Geunchogo, who Built the Brilliant and Strong Sea Kingdom

Hanseong Baekje Quiz Contest 11:00-12:00 Peace Plaza

Hanseong Baekje Falcon Experience 11:00-18:00 Peace Plaza

Meet the Kings of Hanseong Baekje 13:00-17:30 Baekje Village (Peace Plaza)

Royal Carriage Parade of King Geunchogo 13:00-17:30 Jamsil Station ↔ Olympic Park

Hanseong Baekje Gala Parade 13:00-17:30 Tour of Olympic Park Event Halls

Hanseong Baekje National Youth Club Contest 16:00-18:00 Lakeside Stage at Mongchon Moat

Songpa Sandae Nori (Mask Dance) 16:00-16:30 Peace Plaza

Hanseong Baekje Original Children’s Song Contest 15:00-17:00 Peace Plaza

Hanseong Baekje “A Night of Counting Stars” 19:00-21:00 Peace Plaza-Mongchontoseong Fortress

The Four World Opera Festivals 19:30-21:00 Peace Plaza

September 24^th (Sun.) Day 4

Meet King Gaero, the Last King of Hanseong Baekje

※ This year, the Hanseong Baekje History and Culture Street Parade will take place between Jamsil and Olympic Park instead of Wiryeseong-daero.

Hanseong Baekje Gala Parade 11:00-15:30 Tour of Olympic Park Event Halls

Hanseong Baekje Falcon Experience 11:00-18:00 Peace Plaza

Meet the Kings of Hanseong Baekje 13:00-17:30 Baekje Village (Peace Plaza)

Songpa Sandae Nori (Mask Dance) 16:00-16:30 Peace Plaza

Hanseong Baekje History and Culture Street Parade 16:00-18:00 Jamsil Station ↔ Olympic Park

Hanseong Baekje “A Night of Counting Stars” 19:00-21:00 Peace Plaza-Mongchontoseong Fortress

Closing Ceremony and Fireworks 19:00-21:00 Peace Plaza

2017 Seokchon Lake Cherry Blossom Festival Held

for 9 Days from April 1st (Sat) to April 9th (Sun)

A variety of experience programs during the day and a fantastic night view!
Abundant new programs like fireworks from Lotte World Tower to cherry blossom walkway event!
Seokchon Lake is a place where you can enjoythe spectacular scenery created by the fluttering cherry blossoms of more than a thousand cherry trees in full bloom all around the lake. This year,the festival will consist of unforgettable attractions and things to enjoy such as fireworks from Lotte World Tower, Sweet SwansExhibition – a public arts project following the Rubber Duck, and Super Moon projects, Cherry Blossom Concerts for 9 consecutive days, Cherry Blossom Movie Screening Festival, Cartoon Character Exhibition, food trucks and cherry blossom walkway events.
Let’s jump in the pink colored feast held for 9 days and enjoy the real ‘Cherry Blossom Ending’ in 2017 in the Seockchon Lake Cherry Blossom Festival!

Culture & Sports Division
Tel) +82-2-2147-2800

Mangwolbong Sunrise Festival for the First Morning of 2017

Mangwolbong Sunrise Festival for the First Morning of 2017

On the first morning of 2017, a commemorative traditional festival will be held in Mongchontoseong Earthen Fortification Mangwolbong in Olympic Park, which is a historical place of Hanseong Baekje.

Tens of thousands of residents gather every new year on the first morning to enjoy the sunrise along the horizon, in order to pray for the good health and prosperity of their families and to hope for their new year’s wishes and goals.

Various activities, such as eating tteokguk, writing wishes, fortune telling and setting family mottos, will help the residents find their hopes for the new year.

The festival is expected to continue with holding torches of hope, playing percussion instruments while reciting new year’s hopes, hitting the Bell of Wishes, breaking the baskets of fortune, shouting for the sunrise and cheering.

Department of Culture and Sports 2147-2800

Seoul City Tour’s Gangnam Course extended to Songpa

The city tour bus stops at Lotte World Tower and Olympic Parka, nd offers new spectacles with night time bus services

Seoul city tour’s Gangnam course will be extended to Songpa, and night time bus services will start.
The operation route will be extended by 2.5㎞ to a total of 25.3㎞, and the number of bus stops will increase from 19 to 21.
There has been a high demand for improvement of the Gangnam course, as less tourists use the Gangnam course compared to the Gangbuk course, which includes royal palaces. Therefore, Jamsil Special Tourist Zone, will be included in the Gangnam course as shopping and culture areas where Lotte World Tower and Olympic Park are located. Now, Jamsil Special Tourist Zone has two city tour bus services, along with the course
running from Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station to Seongsu-dong (Ttukseom Island) to Jamsil areas.
Therefore, the course is expected to drastically attract visitors from the Gangnam area as well as from the Dongdaemun area. The open-top city tour buses and trolley buses similar to old streetcars, which will boost the fun of the city tour. Users can transfer at Jamsil to “Seoul Highlight Course,” which runs through Gangnam and Gangbuk, and the fee will be discounted by 50%. Now, Jamsil Special Tourist Zone has become one of Seoul’s major tourist attractions both in name and reality. It is expected that our district’s various tourist projects will gain some momentum and thus have positive effects with the extension of the service route

City tour bus reservation
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International Tourism Division
2147-2100

The 16th Hanseong Baekje Cultural Festival held from the 6th-10th of October 2016

Hanseong Baekje! Build Songpa! Embrace Culture!

The 16th Hanseong Baekje Cultural Festival held from the 6th-10th of October 2016

Based on the current Songpa-gu area, Hanseong Baekje was the governing body of the entire East Asian Region and exercised strong lasting influence for 493years. 

The 2016 Hanseong Baekje Cultural Festival will have its grand opening on Thursday, October 6, 2016, to commemorate the splendid history and rich cultural significance of the Dynasty. The four-day event will be magnificently unfolded in and around Peace Square of Olympic Park. The festival has established itself as a leading cultural event of Seoul, having been awarded gold medals for the fourth consecutive year by the International Festivals and Events Association, and selected as Seoul’s Top Festival for three years in a row by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. We proudly invite you to join us in experiencing the magnificent culture and historical legacy of Hanseong Baekje

 Hanseong Baekje Honbul Torch Ceremony

Hanseong Baekje Gala Parade

Hanseong Baekje Fortress Tracking

Hanseong Baekje Youth Artistic Club Contest

Hanseong Baekje Folk Game Replication

Hanseong Baekje History and Culture Street Parade

Ceremony and Fireworks

Day 1 October 6

Hanseong Baekje Honbul Torch Ceremony

10:00-11:00 Gyeongdang Historical Park in Pungnap-dong

Hanseong Baekje Gala Parade 

13:00-18:00

Dongmyeong Ritual (Baekje Ancestral Rite)

15:00-16:00 Ancient Tomb in Seokchon-dong

Hanseong Baekje Fortress Tracking 

18:00-19:00 Olympic Park ~ Mongchontoseong Fortress

Ceremony for Songpa People’s Day

18:00-21:00 Peace Square

Day 2 October 7

Hanseong Baekje Symposium 

10:00-18:00Hanseong Baekje Hall in Hanseong Baekje Museum

Hanseong Baekje Gala Parade 

13:00-18:00

Hanseong Baekje Eoulmadang

17:00-20:30

Hanseong Baekje Original Musical“Deliverer of Memory” 

20:00-21:40 Woori Art Hall in Olympic Park

Day 3 October 8

Hanseong Baekje Quiz Contest

11:00-12:00 Peace Square

Hanseong Baekje Youth Artistic Club Contest 

13:00-15:00 Lakeside Stage at Mongchon Moat

Hanseong Baekje Gala Parade 

13:00-18:00 Road Show

Hanseong Baekje Folk Game Replication (Flail Game)

13:30-18:00 Peace Square

Academic Seminar 

14:00-17:00 Hanseong Baekje Museum Seminar Room

Hanseong Baekje Original Children’s Song Contest

15:00-17:00 Peace Square

Hanseong Baekje Original Musical “Deliverer of Memory” 

16:00-21:40 Woori Art Hall in Olympic Park

Hanseong Baekje Goodwill Concert

19:00-21:00 Peace Square

Day 4 October 9

Hanseong Baekje Gala Parade

11:00-14:00

Hanseong Baekje Folk Games Replication

11:30-15:30 Peace Square

Hanseong Baekje Original Musical “Deliverer of Memory” 

14:00-19:40 Woori Art Hall in Olympic Park

Hanseong Baekje History and Culture Street Parade

16:00-18:00 Wiryeseong-daero Closing 

Ceremony and Fireworks

19:00-21:00 Peace Square

Division of Culture and Sports 2147-2800

SUPER MOON 2016, a Super-sized Public Art Project

SUPER MOON 2016, a Super-sized Public Art Project

“Make a wish on the moon over the Seokchon Lake.”

In September 2016, a super-sized artificial moon will

hang in the sky over the Seokchon Lake as part of the

SUPER MOON 2016 public art project, which will no

doubt become the talk of the town, much as the famous

Rubber Duck did in 2014.

The American artist group ‘Friendswithyou’ will

display a 20m-diameter moon and stars over the

Seokchon Lake, Jamsil, a celebration of the moon as

the best friend of the Earth. This project is a

continuation of the ongoing public art project in

collaboration with the Lotte Group begun in 2014, and

it is expected to give citizens amazement, fortune, and

happiness.

The Super Moon 2016 Project, which will be the first

of its kind, will move to other places all over the world

after its display in Jamsil, Seoul. Locals and visitors

come see the moon, helping to make Songpa-gu a

place long remembered by visitors.

All activities carried out in connection with the Super

Moon 2016 Project are free. On weekends, mascots

dressed up as eye-catching characters will greet visitors

to the Seokchon Lake. It is customary for Asians to

make wishes on the full moon. Why don’t you spend

some time at the Seokchon Lake with your lover or

family members in the lovely atmosphere created by

the full moon?

· Place: The Seokchon Lake and the Lotte World Mall

· Period: Sept. 1 through Oct. 3

· Hours of operation: 10:30 AM through 10:00 PM

· Homepage: www.supermoonproject.co.kr

· For inquiries, please call the Division of Culture and

Sports of the Songpa-Gu Office (2147-2800)

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Recruiting Participants for 2016 Hanseong Baekje Cultural Festival

The award winner of the Pinnacle Awards Korea (5 sectors)
Recruiting Participants for 
2016 Hanseong Baekje Cultural Festival

The major festival of Seoul, Hanseong Baekje Cultural Festival, which was
selected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as the promising festival
for three years in a row, will be held in the whole area of Peace Plaza, Olympic
Park, for four days from (Thu.) October 6th to (Sun.) October 9th. Participants
are recruited for each sector without restrictions on region in accordance to the
spirit of the festival that says "The residents and tourists are the main characters
of the festival". Particularly, as the Hanseong Baekje National Creative Children's
Song Festival, Hanseong Baekje Relics Tour on Hodori Train, and others won
the best awards in five different sectors of Pinnacle Awards Korea, we hope that
many Korean and foreign visitors will participate in the Hanseong Baekje
Cultural Festival, which continues to develop as a global historic and cultural
festival as years go by.

Culture and Sports Division 2147-2815