(Jecheon=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Hyeong-woo = Jecheon City, North Chungcheong, announced on the 24th that the 6th Bongyang Parkdal Bean Festival will be held over two days starting on the 29th at the Bongyang-eup Jupori Cultural Welfare Center.
Organized by the Bongyang Bean Festival Promotion Committee with the theme of beans, and sponsored by Jecheon City and Bongyang Agricultural Cooperative, the event aims to increase farmers' income and promote local agricultural product sales.
At the festival, foods such as baektae, seolitae, and ju-nuni beans produced by local farmers, along with tofu, doenjang, gochujang, cheongkukjang, and herbal foods, will be sold.
Events such as rice cake throwing, making gangjeong, performances by local clubs, and a flea market will be held, and food stalls for parkdal bean grilled tofu, grilled garae-tteok, and ddeok mechi injeolmi will be operated.
Invited singers such as Moon Hee-ok, Choi Rin, Jeon Seung-hee, and Na Do-kyung will also perform.
Kim Nam-hong, the festival promotion committee chair, said, "We will do our best to prepare for the festival to inform people about high-quality parkdal beans and provide visitors with pleasant memories."