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About 380,000 People Visited "2018 Uljin Snow Crab and Red Snow Crab Festival""We ate plenty of Uljin Snow Crab and Red Snow Crab and enjoyed too much."
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  • 승인 2018.03.19 15:25
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[International I Journal = Uljin Yeoungbong, Reporter Lee Soonho] The '2018 Uljin Snow Crab and Red Snow Crab Festival", a representative food festival in Uljin County, Gyeongsangbuk-do which is the "Ecology & Cultural Tourism City" was held for 4 days in Hupo Port, attracting a total of 380,000 visitors.

Springtime picnickers from every corner of the country and the residents enjoyed this 4 day long representative festival of Uljin in Hupo Port with each other due to the fragrance of new spring and tasteful excitement granted by Uljin snow crabs and red snow crabs.

This festival began at 8:30am on August 1 with the opening of 'Uljin Snow Crab Big Catch Haewon Gut Dance Party', praying for snow crab bit catch and peace for the village at the Uljin Snow Crab Park in Geoil-ri, Pyeonghae-eup, the 'Originating Village of Uljin Snow Crab'.

The Wolsongkeunjul & Ulleung.Dokdosutosa Street Parade which began at around 2pm on the next day at the entrance of Hupo Marina Port was the best part of Daedong Play where about 600 people attended from Pyeonghae-eup Wolsong-ri residents which are the legendary towns of Wolseongkeunjul, Hupo-myeon residents, Hupo High School students, officials, and KEPCO Uljin Nuclear Power Division.

Also, it is said that the 'Wolsong Big Rope Pulling Demonstration' held at the Wangdolcho Place, the main stage, showed the essence of Daedong Play as all the tourists and parade participants joined it.

At the subsequent 'Snow Crab Dance Flash Mob', a festival opening performance program, about 400 people from all levels of Uljin Society from youths to longevity gymnastics and jouveniles gathered to give full play to the discrimination of the festival while uplifting the fever of the festival with their vigorous dance routine and rhythm.

It is said that the Snow Crab Flash Mob has become a killer content of the festival while the festival development committee has greatly expanded the width of its participation for 3 years since it was created in 2016,

Especially, the 'Children and Juvenile Snow Crab Dance Contest' which applied the Snow Crab Flash Mob and which was tried for the first time in this year as a killer content of the festival excited people who visited the festival with more participation and enthusiasm than expected.

The 'Jinju Sotdaejaengi Dance Play' held at the Wangdolcho Plaza in the afternoon on the 3rd of the festival showed the essence of traditional performances such as Single Tightrope Walking and Double Tightrope Walking to sweep tourists and residents in the festival.

In addition, the first two-day night performance for the first time in this year made an opportunity to expand the festival's outline, and the fireworks on the ship held at Silk Sea Hupo Port at 8pm on the 3rd day gave unforgettable memories to the tourists visiting the festival.

The 'Daedong Play Hanmadang' which was held in the afternoon on the 4th day of the festival at the Wangdolcho Plaze, the main stage of the festival, is said to have conveyed the great unity and integrity through a festival as all the booths participating in the festival food program operation gathered such foods reflecting the characteristics of the festival as Uljin Snow Crab and Red Snow Crab dishes, Uljin Show Crab Bread and Snow Crab Crocket, fresh sashimi being produced at Hupo Port like flounder, yellow tale, and flat fish, local specialties displayed by farmers like Uljin Local Food, and special foods of the Hupo Regional Fisheries Processing Association at one place while sharing them with tourists to be the great finale of the festival.

Meanwhile, an official from Uljin County said, "It is temporarily estimated that 380,000 people visited this festival, and it is estimated that the derivative effects such as economic inducement is 19 billion won."

Nam Hyo-seon, the chairman of the Uljin County Festival Development Committee said, "This festival was attended by all social organizations such as Hupo-myeon Development Committee, Youth Association, Women's Association, and Hupo Fisheries Cooperatives by hardening the foundation of a festival truly 'Led and Attended by Civilians' in order to strengthen the regional integration through the festival." She added, "In particular, we prepared plenty of 2nd processed specialty programs based on 'Uljin Snow Crab and Red Snow Crab', the festival concept" and the agricultural and marine specialties of Uljin to strength the characteristics of a food festival and focused on doubling the regional culture's discrimation and support competitiveness by recoveing the traditional culture of Uljin and transforming it into the Daedong Play program."

여의봉, 이순호 기자  iij@iij.co.kr

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