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The 1st Goun Choe Chiwon Cultural Festival to be Held on October 19

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The 1^st Goun Choe Chiwon Cultural Festival will be held on October 19, 2013, at Haeundae Beach and Dongbaekseom Island. The festival aims to praise Goun Choe Chiwon, a great Korean poet of the late Unified Silla period, and to also shed a new light on the history and culture of Haeundae.  

 

Cho Chiwon was a great poet of the late Unified Silla period. While wandering around Dongbaekseom Island one day, he is said to have been so enamored with the beautiful view of Haeundae Beach that he engraved one of his pen names, Haeun, on a rock at the Island. This is the story of how the name “Haeundae” came to be.

 

Date & time: October 19, 2013, 1 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Venue: Haeundae Beach and Dongbaekseom Island

 

Program

Events on the Eve of the festival

October 18, 2013, Dongbaekseom Cultural Tourism Festival

Ceremony paying tribute to the memory of Goun Choe Chiwon

Traditional music performances

Choir Performance

Performance by 20 participating choirs from the 2013 Busan Choral Festival & Competition October 19, 2013, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Choirs will parade from Dongbaekseom Island to Haeundae Beach

 

Korean Calligraphy Contest for Korean and Foreigners
October 19, 2013, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. at Haeundae Beach

Online registration at http://tour.haeundae.go.kr/content/02_08_02.php or call (051) 749-4061~5

200 participants on a first come, first served basis (both Korean and foreign residents)

Contestants will be given one of Goun Choe Chi won’s poems to write for the contest

Participants will wear costumes to reenact the old state examination and also form a street parade

Moonlight Music Concert

October 19, 2013, 7:30 - 9 p.m. at Haeundae Beach

Korean traditional music performances

 

Hosted by: Haeundae-gu

Organized by: Haeundae-gu Cultural Tourism Association, Haeundae Cultural Arts Institute