Calendar of Events
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- Songjeong Brown Seaweed Festival
- Art Exhibition: Secret Woods
- 2nd Korea Marine Design Competition Winners Exhibition
- The 8th Japanese Film Festival
- Trick Art Season 2
- Speical Exhibition: Impressionist Paintings
- Art Exhibition: Shift 2012
- Year of the Dragon Exhibition
- Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival
- Photography Exhibition: Jiwoo Love Story in Busan
- Year of the Dragon Exhibition
- Chung, InSung, The Dawn of the History of Photography in Busan
- 2011 ASEAN-Korea Contemporary Media Art Exhibition
- Busan Music Festival
- The Artworks of Shin Jang-sik & Son Ah-yoo
- The Changing Face of Busan
- Life, no Peace, only Adventure
- Busan Grand Sale 2012
- Saturday Regular Performance of Korean Music & Dance
- Geert Jan Jansen and Ellen Van Baren Art Exhibition
- Children Art Museum "Shush! Listen Carefully!
- Vision & Perspective 2011
Event of the Month
Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival
On the day of the first full moon of the Lunar New Year, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month of the year, the Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival is held in order to pray for good health and good fortune in the coming year.
This year, the festival falls on Monday, February 6, and a variety of events such as Daljip (Straw Heap) burning (the burning of large straw bonfires under the light of the moon), Jisin-balgi (stomping on the ground to comfort the god of the earth) and the performing of folk plays are being planned for a number of locations around Busan.
On the day of Jeongwol Daeboreum, the moon will rise at 4:22 p.m. Daljip burning, the main event of the Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival, will start in each region at the times mentioned below.
List of Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival venues in Busan
Dalmaji Oncheon (Hot Spring) Festival at Haeundae Beach, 12 p.m. ~ 8 p.m.
Haeundae District will host the 30th Haeundae Dalmaji Oncheon Festival on Haeundae Beach on Feb. 6.
Everything from Yutnori and Tuho to Jaegichagi and other types of traditional Korean games will be available for visitors to try their hand at. There will also be an enormous daljip taeugi (in which participants burn objects in the shape of the moon) - which will be the highlight of the festival. Admission is free. (☎051-749-4062)
- Daljip bonfire lighting, 4:22 p.m.
Suyeong Traditional Daljipnori,
- 3 p.m. ~ 6:30 p.m. at Gwangalli Beach
- Daljip bonfire lighting, 6:00 p.m.
☎ 051-610-4064
Songdo Daljipnori at Songdo Beach in Seo-gu, 4:30 p.m. ？ 7:00 p.m.
- Daljip bonfire lighting, 6:00 p.m.
☎ 051-240-4065
Sasang Traditional Daljipnori
- Cycle Stadium, Samnak Park in Sasang-gu, 1 p.m. ~ 7 p.m.
- Daljip bonfire lighting, 5:07 p.m.
☎ 051-310-4062
Baekunpo Dalmaji Festival at Baekunpo Sports Park in Nam-gu, 3 p.m. ~ 6:30 p.m.
Daljip bonfire lighting, 5:50 p.m. ☎ 051-607-4062
Yeongdo Dalmaji Festival at Korea Maritime University (Second Campus)
, 3:30 p.m. ~ 9:00 p.m.
Daljip bonfire lighting, 6:00 p.m. ☎ 051-419-5723
