The beautiful mountain town of Pyeongchang in Gangwon-do Province, one of the host cities for next year's PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, is inviting tourists to its yearly Hyoseok Cultural Festival.
Named after Lee Hyo-seok (이효석, 李孝石) (1907-1942), the author of “When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom” (메밀꽃 필 무렵) (1936), the festival is held at the author's hometown in Bongpyeong-myeon Village, Pyeongchang, famous for its beautiful buckwheat flower fields. The town is especially famous for its spectacular nightscapes.
At the festival, you can tour Lee Hyo-seok’s birthplace and memorial hall, and visit the hands-on traditional activities booths that includes folk games, painting fingernails using balsam dyes and much more.
Don’t forget to try Bongpyeong’s famous buckwheat dishes, too. They're delicious!
Named after Lee Hyo-seok (이효석, 李孝石) (1907-1942), the author of “When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom” (메밀꽃 필 무렵) (1936), the festival is held at the author's hometown in Bongpyeong-myeon Village, Pyeongchang, famous for its beautiful buckwheat flower fields. The town is especially famous for its spectacular nightscapes.
At the festival, you can tour Lee Hyo-seok’s birthplace and memorial hall, and visit the hands-on traditional activities booths that includes folk games, painting fingernails using balsam dyes and much more.
Don’t forget to try Bongpyeong’s famous buckwheat dishes, too. They're delicious!
| When | Sept. 2, 2017 ~ Sept. 10, 2017 |
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| Location | Bongpyeong-myeon Culture Village 157, Ihyoseok-gil, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do |
| Transportation | [Bus] Take an intercity bus to Jangpyeong Intercity Bus Terminal from Dong Seoul Terminal From Jangypeong Intercity Bus Terminal, take a local bus bound for Bongpyeong(봉평) to the festival venue. |
| Contact(TEL/FAX/Email) | 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) For more info: +82-33-335-2323~4 |
| Website | http://www.hyoseok.com (Korean only) |