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‘Jinju Yudeung Festival 2012- Full of joys and ecstasy’

NSP NEWS AGENCY, By 보티민트 인턴기자, 2012-09-20 18:31 END1
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In the evening of October 1st, starting at 8 o’clock, you can enjoy to the fullest the fantastic autumn night with lanterns floating all over the river and fireworks lighting up the sky.

[Representative Festival of South Korea] ‘Jinju Yudeung Festival 2012- Full of joys and ecstasy’
NSP통신-Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival - Representative Festival of South Korea (Photo= Source from Jinju City)
‘Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival’ - Representative Festival of South Korea (Photo= Source from Jinju City)

[부산=NSP통신] 보티민트 인턴기자 = Very soon, a splendid and fantastic autumn night of the Jinju(진주) Namgang Yudeung Festival (남강유등축제), the representative festival (대표축제) of South Korea(한국), will come. People are very curious and looking forward to seeing more and more beautiful sights and various events of the most expected festival of October.
Let’s find out more about the joys and the ecstasy that the Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival brings us this year.

From the 1st to the 14th of October, a splendid and wonderful Yudeung Festival will be held in Jinju Namgang. For 14 days, the whole city of Jinju and the Namgang river will be illuminated with 60 thousand lanterns.
This year the festival’s duration is 2 days longer than previous years and the floating lanterns were also increased from 825 to 1258 to make the atmosphere at night more fantastic.

People can enjoy the view of thousands of sparkling lantern lights floating on Namgang River all over the place. Especially from Chok Seong Nu, a splendid and mysterious view will be opened, stimulating everyone’s curiosity and senses. Opposite the Jinju Castle, down to the Chok Seong Nu, we can see various lanterns reflecting the flow of Jinju’s history.

NSP통신-Walking through the lantern tunnel of the Yudeung festival is fantastic experience (Photo=Source from Jinju)
Walking through the lantern tunnel of the Yudeung festival is fantastic experience (Photo=Source from Jinju)

At the festival, people can also join many interesting events such as making lanterns, writing wishes and hanging over 27 thousand wishing lanterns along the 800 meter tunnel along Namgang Riverside.

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Nowhere else but at the Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival can people experience the fantastic feeling of walking through the lantern tunnel of the festival. People can also take part in the 20 thousand floating lanterns carrying their wishes on the river.

Crossing the ‘Bridge of Love’ is one experience that should not be missed when attending the Namgang Yudeung Festival. The floating bridge was made for people to cross over the Namgang River. The festival will give you the joyful memories that can not be forgotten when you are in the center of the river on the bridge and it shakes slightly and you can see the various types of lanterns floating all over the river.

The Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival is full of artful events. You especially don’t want to miss the fireworks show in the evening of October 1st, starting at 8 o’clock. You can enjoy to the fullest the fantastic autumn night with lanterns floating all over the river and fireworks lighting up the sky.

NSP통신-Splendid and mysterious view of lanterns floating on Namgang river (Photo=Source from Jinju City)
Splendid and mysterious view of lanterns floating on Namgang river (Photo=Source from Jinju City)

Reporter Minh Thu
Shooting/ Edit = Reporter Park Jae Hwan, pjhduam@nspna.com

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