(Hongcheon=Yonhap News) Reporter Im Bo-yeon = Hongcheon County announced on the 10th that the "17th Hongcheon Rice Cake Festival" held in Anheung-jinppang Morak Morak Village from the 7th to the 9th concluded successfully.
Throughout the festival, the event site was crowded with visitors eager to eat and enjoy Anheung Rice Cake, and particularly, the Anheung Rice Cake sales booths and free tasting areas saw long lines every day, proving its popularity.
Special events such as a rice cake lottery event, where visitors received a rice cake voucher for every box of Anheung Rice Cake purchased, were well-received, with four visitors winning a gold bar over the three days.
The festival provided over 1,000 boxes of rice cakes and 37,000 rice cakes for free tasting to visitors and tourists, offering everyone a special taste of Anheung Rice Cake.
A total of 25,800 boxes of rice cakes were sold at the festival sales booths and rice cake shops within Anheung Rice Cake Village, recording sales of 330 million won.
In addition, the "Anheung Rice Cake Festival Walking Event" held on the 7th and 8th, organized by the Anheung Sports Council in conjunction with the festival, was well-received as a course that allowed participants to enjoy the nature and charm of Anheung along with the festival site.
Chairman Sung-rak of the Anheung Rice Cake Festival Committee said, "We did our best to ensure that visitors to the festival site could spend a sweet and warm time," and expressed gratitude to all the visitors who took the time to visit the Anheung Rice Cake Festival, promising the next festival.