{"id":354,"date":"2010-04-17T10:12:10","date_gmt":"2010-04-17T10:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=354"},"modified":"2017-12-21T07:50:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T12:50:43","slug":"spring-festivities-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/spring-festivities-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Festivities in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cornus Fruit Festival in<strong> \uc778\ucc9c<\/strong> is a beautiful festival that highlights cornus fruit trees. The trees tend to bloom in the spring and from far away, it looks as though the area is covered in a sea of gold leaves.\u00a0Some of the trees are actually hundreds of years old. Tourists are allowed to walk through the trees and take photos. These flower trees are important because they have traditionally signified the onset of the spring season.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>\ud568\ud3c9<\/strong> Butterfly Festival in <strong>\uc804\ub77c<\/strong> province has a stunning attraction of\u00a0landscapes contoured into\u00a0buttefly shapes. The landscapes are an homage to the butterflies. There is\u00a0also an actual butterfly attraction where\u00a0tourists can watch actual butterflies\u00a0futtering above the landscape. This festival is held in an effort to protect butterfly habitats and ecourage butterflies to flourish and mate in the <strong>\uc804\ub77c<\/strong> region.<\/p>\n<p>The Canola Flower Festival\u00a0on <strong>\uc81c\uc8fc<\/strong> island is filled with <strong>\uc720\ucc44<\/strong> flowers or canola flowers in the spring season. The canola flowers look like a ray of sunshine spread over a vast area. Aesthetic wise, the canola flowers are pleasing to the senses, but the flowers also provide a practical function in the ecosystem. The canola flowers attract tens of dozens of birds, bees and other insects. They all\u00a0flock to the <strong>\uc81c\uc8fc<\/strong> area, making the place a diverse habitat for all sorts of critters.<\/p>\n<p>The Naval Port Festival in <strong>\uacbd\uc0c1\ub0a8<\/strong> Province is South Korea&#8217;s largest cherry blossom festival. Visitors can walk through an endless row of cherry blossom trees. The event also honors the general <strong>\uc774\uc21c\uc2e0<\/strong>, who was one of Korea&#8217;s best naval officers. Some of the general&#8217;s\u00a0greatest victories and tragedies were played out on the sea, and this naval\u00a0area commemorates the general\u00a0through\u00a0a processional parade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"100\" height=\"64\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/04\/info_05_01_04_04_01-e1271580857982.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>The Cornus Fruit Festival in \uc778\ucc9c is a beautiful festival that highlights cornus fruit trees. The trees tend to bloom in the spring and from far away, it looks as though the area is covered in a sea of gold leaves.\u00a0Some of the trees are actually hundreds of years old. 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