After the Jindo sea parting festival the next stop on the Sunday was a butterfly festival in Hampyeong. I had never heard of this festival before and to be honest I didn't think much of it until we arrived.
It turned out to be held in a little piece of countryside surrounded by what looked like endless fields of yellow flowers and green hills.
There is a butterfly sanctuary right in the middle of the festival where many species of butterflies are being conserved. The area was done up very well with amazing flowers creating a great natural habitat for the butterflies to live in. They also give you a butterfly that they have captured in little plastic containers for you to release into the wild again. I found this a little odd as I am sure some of them were harmed or killed while trying to catch them just so that some tourist could release them again but anyways...
There were also a good variety of food stalls of different cuisines so we got to sample a few different dishes besides the general Korean food on offer. There was also a big fountain in the middle of the festival where kids were running around in the water and having fun. I would say it was definitely more of a child centered festival but we had a great time nonetheless.
It turned out to be held in a little piece of countryside surrounded by what looked like endless fields of yellow flowers and green hills.
There is a butterfly sanctuary right in the middle of the festival where many species of butterflies are being conserved. The area was done up very well with amazing flowers creating a great natural habitat for the butterflies to live in. They also give you a butterfly that they have captured in little plastic containers for you to release into the wild again. I found this a little odd as I am sure some of them were harmed or killed while trying to catch them just so that some tourist could release them again but anyways...
There were also a good variety of food stalls of different cuisines so we got to sample a few different dishes besides the general Korean food on offer. There was also a big fountain in the middle of the festival where kids were running around in the water and having fun. I would say it was definitely more of a child centered festival but we had a great time nonetheless.
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| Even the lamp posts were fitted to the theme of the festival |
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| Kids having a ball |
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| Pretty yellow flowers |
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| They had taken some of the dead butterflies and preserved them and made art pieces out of them. This was my favorite colored one! |
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| We made some new friends along the way :) |
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| Tree made out of many pot plants |
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| Releasing the captured butterflies |
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| As you can see from Laura's face these were very disgusting looking larvae type things. Not 100% sure what, I didn't exactly want to get too close |
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| Some of the crafts on sale at the festival |
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| Some beautiful orchids in the sanctuary |
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