Celadon Culture Festival (청자문화제) is a popular festival held in Daegu-myeon, Gangjin county, Jeollanam-do. It is held in autumn or late-summer to celebrate the region's tradition of celadon pottery-making. The 2008 festival will be held from August 9 to August 17. Admission to the festival is free.
Guests can tour the local Celadon Museum and a number of excavated celadon kilns (가마터). Those interested can make their own pottery. Other activities and sights include: 5 and 10 kilometer marathons; Foreigners' Day; a flower garden; numerous exhibitions of celadon produced by local students and residents; concerts featuring traditional and contemporary Korean music; an outdoor display of robots; and a number of tea houses, restaurants, and food stalls. Guests can also have their picture impressed on a sheet of Korean postage stamps. Additionally, there is a Foreigners' Cafe set up near the entrance that can offer multilingual assistance.
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To get to the festival, arrive at Gangjin Bus Terminal in Gangjin-eup. Then, take a bus toward Maryang, which departs from Gate 13. Exit at the Daegu-myeon stop, which will not be hard to miss since most passengers on the over-crowded bus will be headed there. Admission to the festival is free, and admission to the celadon museum is 1,000 won for adults.
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