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Festivals

[Spring] Gyeryongsan Cherry Blossom Festival
[Spring] Gyeryongsan Cherry Blossom Festival

Gyeryongsan Cherry Blossom Festival is held every April in Gongju. The area around Donghaksa Temple is famous for its cherry tree colony, along with Sinwonsa and Gapsa temples in the region. It attracts countless people who want to enjoy the beauty of Gyeryongsan Mountain in the springtime.

Venue

Around Donghaksa Temple area in Gyeryong-myeon

Host organization

Gyeryongsan Cherry Blossom Festival Promotion Committee

Programs

Performances, nighttime illumination, experience programs, sales booths, etc.

[Spring] Religious Service for the Mountain God of Gyeryongsan Mountain
[Spring] Religious Service for the Mountain God of Gyeryongsan Mountain

The Religious Service for the Mountain God of Gyeryongsan Mountain is a traditional festival held to carry on the folk religion of honoring mountain spirits. The festival was launched by Sim Woo-sung, the Director of the Gongju Folk Drama Museum, in 1998, and it has been held annually around March 16 in the lunar calendar. These days, it is hosted by the Preservation Society for the Religious Service for the Mountain God of Gyeryongsan Mountain. The festival consists Confucian, Buddhist and Shamanic ritual ceremonies as it aims to emerge as a “harmonious festival of Confucianism, Buddhism and Shamanism.” The celebratory performances consist of folk games and intangible cultural heritage performances, and various other programs are conducted during the festival period.

Venue

Around Sinwonsa Temple in Gyeryong-myeon

Host organization

Preservation Society for the Religious Service for the Mountain God of Gyeryongsan Mountain

Programs

Confucian, Buddhist and shamanistic services for the mountain god, experience programs, performances, photo zones, etc.

[Spring] Gapsa Marigold Blush Festival
[Spring] Gapsa Marigold Blush Festival

The area around Gapsa Temple is home to Korea’s largest colony of marigold blush, which signifies sublimity and nobleness in the floral language. The Gapsa Temple area with the largest marigold blush colony in Korea becomes covered in yellow between mid-April and mid-May.

Venue

Gapsa commercial district on Gyeryongsan Mountain in Gyeryong-myeon, Gongju

Host organization

Gapsa District Cooperativey

Programs

Cultural performances, photo zones, experience programs, photography exhibition (old photographs of Gapsa Temple), etc.

[Spring] Fresh Verdure Festival of Magoksa Temple
[Spring] Fresh Verdure Festival of Magoksa Temple

The Fresh Verdure Festival has been held at Magoksa, a Buddhist temple with a thousand-year-long history, since 2004. Various events will be held to bring attention to the greenery of the thousand-year-old temple surrounded by high mountains and deep valleys of Taehwasan Mountain. Magoksa Temple, where lush vegetation and rape flowers in full bloom can be seen in the springtime, contains a large number of cultural properties including Daeungbojeon Hall, designated as Treasure No. 801. The pine forest bathing site created along one of the ridges of Taehwasan Mountain presents a fantastic view of a dense pine and valley. It is famous for its diverse trails (1-hour, 2-hour and 3-hour routes) that are characterized by gentle slopes, making it a relatively easy hike for people of all ages.

Venue

Around Magoksa Temple in Sagok-myeon, Gongju

Host organization

Fresh Verdure Festival Promotion Committee

Programs

A walk on the meditation trail, temple stay, experience programs, performances, exhibitions, food market, goods for sale, etc.

[Spring] Seokjang-ri Paleolithic Festival
[Spring] Seokjang-ri Paleolithic Festival

The Seokjang-ri Paleolithic Festival satisfies the cultural cravings of citizens and whisks people away to the Old Stone Age through diverse events and programs. It is an annual festival consisting of a wide range of events and programs organized with the Paleolithic Age as its main theme including performances, exhibitions and a food market.

Venue

Around Seokjangni Museum (990, Geumbyeok-ro, Gongju)

Host organization

Gongju Seokjang-ri Paleolithic Festival Organizing Committee

Programs

A trip to Seokjang-ri, Gongju in the Paleolithic Age

[Spring] Gongju Aviation Festival
[Spring] Gongju Aviation Festival

The Gongju Aviation Festival aims to bring together professionals from the aviation industry and promote air sports by introducing them to the general public. Visitors can enjoy various exciting and thrilling hands-on activities and experience programs such as riding light aircraft, receiving training on flying, and making and launching water rockets.

Venue

Air field on the Jeongancheon streamside in Gongju (Mokcheon intersection in Useong-myeon)

Host organization

Gongju Light Aircraft

Programs
  • Learning program: Aviation Academy
  • Experience programs: Riding in an airplane, making and launching water rockets, making cotton candy, sky diving and virtual flying
  • Photo zones
[Summer] Geumgang Summer Festival
[Summer] Geumgang Summer Festival

The Geumgang Summer Festival is an iconic festival of Gongju that brings together traditional Korean music (gugak) and contemporary jazz for people of all ages to enjoy.

Venue

Around Goma Center

Host organization

Geumgang Summer Festival Organizing Committee

Programs

An iconic festival of Gongju that brings together traditional Korean music (gugak) and contemporary jazz

[Fall] Baekje Cultural Festival
[Fall] Baekje Cultural Festival

The Baekje Cultural Festival is a festival of culture and history held in Buyeo and Gongju, which served as the capital of Baekje, considered a cultural powerhouse in ancient East Asia. It was initially launched as Baekje Daeje in 1955 under the vision of the community leaders in Buyeo, and Gongju City began participating in 1966 after its name was changed to Baekje Cultural Festival in 1965. We invite you to the Baekje Cultural Festival taking place with the Baekje Historic Areas as its backdrop to check out the excitement and go back in time to around 1,500 years ago.

Venue

Geumgang Singwan Park

Host organization

Gongju Baekje Culture Promotion Committee

Programs

Opening ceremony, fireworks, performances, Ungjinseong Parade, Baekje Starlight Garden, exhibition of oil lamps, and sale of agricultural and specialty products

[Winter] Winter Gongju Roasted Chestnut Festival
[Winter] Winter Gongju Roasted Chestnut Festival

This is a winter festival that can be enjoyed by younger generations, as it offers unique winter tours. It offers a healing experience to local residents and tourists alike, and it is a perfect chance for families with young children to engage in fun and exciting winter activities. Welcoming visitors with Gomagom and Gongju characters, it is particularly a warm and sweet winter festival with roasted chestnuts as the main theme.

Venue

Around Goma (in front of Gongju Hanok Village )

Host organization

Winer Gongju Roasted Chestnut Festival Organizing Committee

Programs

Chestnut grill zone, campfire, campfire pungmul hanmadang, ice carving, concert, etc.

Geumgang Nature Art Biennale
Geumgang Nature Art Biennale

The Geumgang Nature Art Biennale is an international nature art exhibition supervised by the Korean Nature Artists’ Association, Yatoo, which has been primarily active in Gongju since its inception in 1981.

The first biennale was held in 2004, based on the experience of planning and hosting an international nature art exhibition since the early 1990s, and the event is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Chungcheongnam-do Province, and Gongju City.

Artists come from all over the world to create works of art while living together for about a month. There are presentations to introduce the participating artists and nature art projects taking place around the world, and an international nature art seminar is also held during the festival period. Participatory programs are offered for children and adults, while the artworks produced by the participating artists are on display at Yeonmisan Nature Art Park and Geumgang Ssangsin Park, where they undergo changes over time.

Venue

Yeonmisan Nature Art Park, Geumgang Nature Art Center, and Geumgang Sssangsin Park

Host organization

Korean Nature Artists’ Association

Programs

Nature art exhibition, special exhibitions, nature art seminar, workshops, and education and experience programs

Gongju International Art Festival
Gongju International Art Festival

In Gongju, a city of history and culture, a special art festival is held to present diverse artworks by Korean and foreign artists. There is also a wide variety of participatory programs where the participants can heal their minds and souls and escape the weariness of their daily lives. Artists from at least ten different countries in five continents are invited every year as a way to present contemporary artworks that reflect the unique cultures and artistic styles of the participating artists’ home countries.

Venue

Limlip Art Museum on Bonggok-gil, Gyeryong-myeon

Host organization

Limlip Art Museum