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2008 Sancheoneo(Mountain Trout) Ice Festival 

Period: The entire month of January every year
Venue: Hwacheongang River and 5 Villages in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Theme: Unfrozen Hearts, Unforgettable Memories
Hosted by Hwacheon-gun
Organized by Hwacheon-gun Festival Organizing Committee 

The freshwater mountain trout, a member of the salmon family, is endemic to Gangwon-do Province. It lives only in clean fresh water with a temperature below 20 degrees Celsius throughout the year. The trout is called the "Queen of the Valley" for the beautiful parr marks on its sides. Every winter, the city of Hwacheon organizes a regional cultural festival to celebrate the abundance of mountain trout in its waters. 

The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is a unique wintertime celebration that draws over 1,000,000 visitors every year. To promote it as the nation’s largest and most popular winter festival, organizers plan a variety of programs and fun activities. The most popular programs are ice fishing in the clean waters of the Bukhangang River, ice football played on thick ice of the frozen river, and ice sledding. 

Official Website: http://global.narafestival.com

Edited by pasquale - 06 Feb 2008 at 9:55am

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adventurekorea Newbie Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Location: korea south Online Status: Offline Posts: 1 view gallery	Topic: 2008 Sancheoneo(Mountain Trout) Ice Festival Posted: 23 Jan 2008 at 7:46pm
	2008 Sancheoneo(Mountain Trout) Ice Festival Period: The entire month of January every year Venue: Hwacheongang River and 5 Villages in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea Theme: Unfrozen Hearts, Unforgettable Memories Hosted by Hwacheon-gun Organized by Hwacheon-gun Festival Organizing Committee The freshwater mountain trout, a member of the salmon family, is endemic to Gangwon-do Province. It lives only in clean fresh water with a temperature below 20 degrees Celsius throughout the year. The trout is called the "Queen of the Valley" for the beautiful parr marks on its sides. Every winter, the city of Hwacheon organizes a regional cultural festival to celebrate the abundance of mountain trout in its waters. The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is a unique wintertime celebration that draws over 1,000,000 visitors every year. To promote it as the nation’s largest and most popular winter festival, organizers plan a variety of programs and fun activities. The most popular programs are ice fishing in the clean waters of the Bukhangang River, ice football played on thick ice of the frozen river, and ice sledding. Official Website: http://global.narafestival.com Edited by pasquale - 06 Feb 2008 at 9:55am

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pasquale Admin Group Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Location: London Online Status: Offline Posts: 26 view gallery	Posted: 06 Feb 2008 at 10:26am
	Hi kang hee kyung, Thank you very much for this vey usefull information about this great event in South Korea, Im very pleased to see your post in my web site I visited your site and I found those information very interesting, I have been in Japan (Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo) last summer but I have never visited South Korea and I'd love to be in Sancheoneo(Mountain Trout) Ice Festival. I love to visit Asia, and probably I'd love to visit South Korea in my next trip. In Tokyo I met a very beautiful girl from South Korea.... You can add a link in your post very easly... So that when pleople click on it can go to visit your site and see more details about the event...To add a link to a post, you need to use the forum codes, and you can also add images, and many other thing in your post, please have a look at: http://www.easytravelgroup.co.uk/forums/forum_codes.asp Please keep me update with new events about South Korea Events... Your post will be very usefull for all the travellers of my comunity that are going to travel to Asia...Please feel free to add new post and if you like my site, it will be great if you can advise it to your other collegues and friends.... All travellers to Asia will be very happy to see ur post about events in Asia. Many Thanks for your post.
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