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Incheon-China Day Cultural Festival
Incheon, which holds Korea’s only Chinatown, hosts some special festivities in Bukseong-dong Chinatown and Jayu Park each October, giving people an opportu-nity to directly experience and enjoy Chinese culture.
Events include dragon dances, tiger dances, parades, and demonstrations of tradi-tional Chinese martial arts, as well as jajangmyeon noodle events, including cooking and eating contests, which is fitting, as Incheon is the birthplace of jajangmyeon.
Events include dragon dances, tiger dances, parades, and demonstrations of tradi-tional Chinese martial arts, as well as jajangmyeon noodle events, including cooking and eating contests, which is fitting, as Incheon is the birthplace of jajangmyeon.
- Homepage: http://www.inchinaday.com/
- Date: August of each year
Incheon Marine Festival
A city bordering the sea, Incheon holds some special marine festivities in the areas of Wangsan Beach on Yongyu Island early in August of each year.
The marine festival helps to cool down the sizzling summer heat by providing the Uninhabited Island Exploration, Beach Hero and Heroine Championships, Live Beach Concerts, and marine-friendly programs.
The marine festival helps to cool down the sizzling summer heat by providing the Uninhabited Island Exploration, Beach Hero and Heroine Championships, Live Beach Concerts, and marine-friendly programs.
- Homepage: http://www.oceanfestival.net/
- Date: August of each year
Incheon Sky Festival
Every October, Incheon hosts a Sky Festival in the areas near Incheon International Airport. The festival includes the Sky Exploration Constellation Trip, Flight Experi-ence Tour, Mock Airplane Flying Championship, International Sky Queen Pageant, World Folklore Items Exhibition, and other colorful Events.
- Date: September of each year
Bupyeong Pungmul Festival
In May, Bupyeong, glistening with the green color of the month, presents the Bupyeong Pungmul Festival. Held on Bupyeongno Street and in Sintri Park, the festival presents a range of traditional experience events for the whole family, and features performances by the nation’s top traditional performers, as well as impor-tant tangible cultural properties performances.
- Homepage: http://www.bpf.or.kr/
- Date: May of each year
Sorae Inlet Festival
Held every October surrounded by the rich aroma of the sea, the Sorea Inlet Festi-val features regional festivities held at Sorae Inlet in Nonhyeon-dong, Marine Eco Park, and other events such as the Pungeoje (a shamanistic ritual for a good haul
of fish), Beach Concert, Ms. Sorae Inlet Pageant, Eel Relay, Goby Angling Competi-tion, and other unique events.
of fish), Beach Concert, Ms. Sorae Inlet Pageant, Eel Relay, Goby Angling Competi-tion, and other unique events.
- Date: October of each year
Ganghwa Dolmen Cultural Festival
Launched in 1998, this unique tourist festival of Ganhwha-gun is designed to pro-mote the historical features of the region, which is rich with historical remains and relics. Popular among tourists, the festival, which is held at the Dolmen Plaza of Ganghwa Island in early October each year, features a reenactment of structuring dolmens, the making of stone and earthenware, primitive fire making, the making
of dugout makeshift houses, stone axe throwing, a primitive hunting competition, and other events.
of dugout makeshift houses, stone axe throwing, a primitive hunting competition, and other events.
- Homepage: http://www.ghgoindol.com/
- Date:September of each year
