Recommended places for family visits during Chuseok holiday
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Free admission to Hwaseong Yunggeolleung; 50% off admission
to Korean Folk Village when wearing hanbok
Variety of holiday events held at cultural sites, such as
Suwon Hwaseong Fortress, Goyang Cultural Center, and Bucheon Hanok Village
The
upcoming Chuseok holiday is a 5-day break (including the weekend). Families will
gather after long periods of separation to share time together and honor their
ancestors. Unfortunately, there aren’t many things to do after the ancestral ceremonies.
Never fear, however, because here are some Chuseok events and activities you
can enjoy without having to go far.
In celebration of Chuseok, the Gyeonggi Provincial Museum will hold an
event entitled “Chuseok Traditional Customs 2016”, which will offer
various activities and events for visitors, including traditional games as well
as traditional performances by professionals. The event will start at 10 a.m.
on September 17. ⓒ Gyeonggi G-News
■ Visitors
wearing hanbok are granted discounts
All
visitors wearing hanbok will be granted
free admission at Yungneung/ Geolleung Royal Tomb (a.k.a, Yunggeolleung) in
Hwaseong on Chuseok day. Hanbok wearers will get a 50% discount at the Korean
Folk Village, and a 30% discount at the Yangju City Chang Ucchin Museum of Art
and the Hoeamsaji Museum. You can get a 20 to 30% discount for Aiinsworld,
Woongjin Playdoci, and the Korea Manhwa Museum with one of their tickets.
The Suwon
Hwaseong Haenggung Temporary Palace, which is part of Suwon Hwaseong UNESCO
World Heritage Site, opens its door for free on September 15. Admission to the Suwon
Museum, Suwon Gwanggyo Museum, Suwon IPark Museum of Art, and Anyang Kim
Chungup Museum will be also free from September 10 to 18.
‘Traditional Percussion Instruments’ program of Gyeonggi Museum. ⓒ Gyeonggi G-News
■ Traditional games, and various special programs are ready
The Gyeonggi
Museum will hold “Chuseok Traditional Customs 2016” and offer various
activities and events for visitors, including traditional games and traditional
performances by professionals, starting at 10 a.m. on September 17.
Visitors
can try various traditional games, playing traditional percussion instruments,
throwing tuho, and playing hopscotch and
Jegichagi in the front yard of the
museum. The museum will also run a marketplace where visitors can make
traditional items such as Jegi, Boochae (fan), traditional bracelets, and
yut after exchanging yeopjeon (traditional coins) at a money
exchange booth.
The Silhak
Museum, located in Namyangju, will welcome visitors during Chuseok with various
handicraft programs, including making pin buttons, Jegi, woodblock printing , making aqua candles, and more. On
September 17, the Choi Sin-ah Art Company will perform a creative dance to symbolically
harmonize South and North Korea.
In
addition, the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Nam June Paik Art Center, Jeongok
Prehistory Museum, and Gyeonggi Children’s Museum will remain open with
permanent exhibits and experiential programs during the holidays except September
15.
Cities
and counties will also stage various traditional game events. From September 14
to 18, Suwon City’s Hwaseong Haenggung Temporary Palace, Gongbang Geori
(Handicrafts Street), Jidonggyo Bridge, and Sinpunggyo Bridge will hold special
Chuseok performances that include martial arts demonstrations, King Jeongjo’s procession
reenactment, and the Jang Yong Young guards’ ceremony.
During
two sessions from September 8 to 10 and from September 14 to 16, the Suwon Traditional Culture Center will hold the ‘Traditional Seasonal Custom- Hustle
and Bustle 9’ event, including cracking chestnuts, tasting traditional cuisine,
King Jeongjo’s secret royal inspector contest, yutnori, learning traditional table settings, and more.
On
September 17, the Goyang Cultural Center opens up its outdoor space for
traditional cultural performances, traditional instruments, folk games, rice
cake and songpyeon sampling, a singing contest, dancing, and more. From
September 10 to 18, the Bucheon
Hanok Village will hold various traditional game events, including yutnori, tuho nori, neoltwigi
(jumping game), geunetwigi (swing
running), jachigi (stick-tossing
game), and more.
Chungsuk
Park in Gwangju City will host cultural art performances, family film screenings,
and a song festival from September 15 to 17. On September 10 to 11, the Anseong
Namsadang Theater will stage the Anseong Namsadang Nori performance, including pungmulnori, beonanori, moodongnori, jultagi (tightrope walking), and more.
A special Chuseok performance was held at Suwon Hwaseong last year. ⓒ Gyeonggi G-News
■ Family
camping during Chuseok holiday
If you
want to have a special experience during the Chuseok holiday, we recommend a
family camping. The Gyeonggi Province Youth Camp, located in Teochon-myeon of Gwangju
City, will open its camping site for free for 100 teams (4 persons per team) by
order of arrival on September 16 to 17.
All Gyeonggi
residents are able to rent a tent, use the auto camping/caravan sites, and
experience activity programs for free for two days.
In
addition, various programs such as indoor artificial rock climbing, archery,
‘wooden necklace making’ using environmental-friendly materials, and learning
navigational skills using a compass, are available.
For
more information, please visit Gyeonggi Province Youth Camp website
(www.wscamp.kr) or call 031-763-9140/1. You can apply for the programs from
September 7.
Lee Jun-kyun eyekle@hanmail.net
