As spring equinox passed and spring is in the air now, several spring festivals will be held all over Busan area to send you spring fragrance. The fourth Sasang Flower Festival will take place from March 25th for five days at Busan Flower Joint Market, Sasang-gu to let you know the beginning of spring. This event is held for enlargement of market of flower farm households with various spring flower exhibition and they sell some flowers at 30 % discounted price. They have lecture programs such as flower arrangement and topiary as well. Daejeo Tomato Festival which will be held on March 26 to 27 at Gangseo Park Square will give you fresh taste of spring. This year will be 5th event and they have all kinds of programs like quick tomato putting competition, fast tomato eating competition, instant Singing competition, etc. after ritual for fruitful year at 10 a.m. In addition, you can buy fresh tomatoes at the cost of production. Yeonje-gu office will hold ‘Yeonje-gu Residents festival’ to celebrate 10th year of gu office on April 2 and 3rd along Oncheoncheon waterside park. They have traditional cultural performance, magic show and circus performance for two days and sports festival for the residents at the ground of Busan University of Education. Additionally you can experience folk games and look around agricultural products market.
Gwangalli Eobang Festival held at Gwangalli Beach on April 2 to 5th and during the festival one can enjoy cherry blossoms, raw fish, beach festival, and Eobang Folk Play.
The fourth Cheonghak Cherry Blossom Festival will give you as much joy as others with cherry blossoms, dance, chorus competition at Cheonghak dong, Youngdo on April 10th.
Sasang Flower Festival: Eumgung Flower Joint Market, Sasang-gu. March 25-29th
Daejeo Tomato Festival: Square of Gangseo Stadium, Gangseo-gu, March 26-27th
Yeonje-gu Residents Festival: Oncheoncheon Citizen’s Park, Yeonje-gu, April 2-3rd
Gwangalli Eobang Festival: Gwangalli Beach, April 2-5th
Yeongdo Cheonghak Cherry blossom Festival: Bongrae Mountain Park, April 10th
The source of news : Busanilbo, Wednesday 3 23, 2005, 8:23