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Learning something new (Handkerchief dyeing) @ Yedameun Women's Life Culture Center #Jeollanam-do #Yeongam #Wangin Promotion Team #visityeongam2017 (at Yeongam)

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What a Beautiful Scene from Yeongam #Yeongam Wangin Culture Festival #Jeollanam-do #Yeongam #Wangin Promotion Team #visityeongam2017 (at 월출산)

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Going to The Yeongam Wangin Culture Festival 2017..An exciting festival to travel back in time to the Baekje Dynasty. And for this year's festival theme: The Light of Wangin, Opening the Path of Communication and Co-existence! So pack your bags for a short holiday down south and GO! #Yeongam Wangin Culture Festival #Jeollanam-do #Yeongam #Wangin Promotion Team #visityeongam2017

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Yeongam - Descubra histórias e lugares incríveis da cidade

Yeongam – Descubra histórias e lugares incríveis da cidade

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Yeongam é uma cidade da provínvia de Jeolla do Sul, Coreia do Sul. Ela faz limite com Mokpo e Naju ao norte, o condado de Jangheung ao leste, e Haenam e Gangjin ao sul. Conheça alguns lugares incríveis que você não pode deixar de visitar em Yeongam!

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Yeongam Wangin Culture Festival

Yeongam Wangin Culture Festival will be held from April 4th to Apr 7th this year. Since the festival is kinda short, it is advisable to plan your trip carefully in order to not miss this memorable event. Yeongam Wangin Culture Festival is held to celebrate the achievements of Dr. Wangin, who travelled to Japan over 1,600 years ago during Baekje period to spread knowledge about culture and art.

Invited by Emperor Ojin of Japan, Wangin took the Cheonjamun, the Analects of Confucius, potters, blacksmiths, and weavers to Japan. His teachings including the Thousand-Character Text (a primer of Chinese Characters) and the Analects of Confucius and he taught writing composition to the Japanese as well as developed the foundations of education, which greatly influenced all areas of study such as social science, politics, economics, culture, and art.

The main highlights of this event are the opening parade to ‘welcome Wangin,’ the opening ceremony of the ‘Light of Wangin, Road of Culture,’ the Korea-Japan Win-Win project ‘Wangin Cheonjamun Teok (rice cake),’ the unveiling of the symbolic sculpture ‘Cheonin Cheonjamun,’ the Gurim village traditional culture experience zone, the Yeongam ceramic culture exhibition, the ‘Gichandeul’ shopping mall (publicizing and selling excellent agricultural and special products of Yeongam), D r. Wangin’s visit-to-Japan experience ‘Sangdaepo raft riding,’ Dopoje tug-of-war, the Jeongdongjeongho Festival, traditional folk plays including Jangbujil songs, and Mt. Yeoseok Ssangpae Nongak, the Baekje costume studio, Challenge! 250 stairs, the Student Wangin Contest, and the exquisite local food festival.

Admission/Participation Fees Free of charge

Transportation [Bus] From Seoul Central City Terminal, take an intercity bus bound for Mokpo. From Mokpo Bus Terminal, take a local bus bound for Yeongam and get off at the Historical Site of Dr. Wangin. (20min intervals/ travel time: 30-40min)

[KTX] From Yongsan Station, take a train bound for Mokpo Station (runs 5 times a day / travel time: 3hrs 20min)

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