Boseong is considered the birthplace of the commercial tea industry and is the largest producer of tea in the country.
At the Boseong Green Tea Festival, some of the most popular festival events (most of which are held out in the green tea fields) are the hands-on experience programs such as picking tea leaves, making tea, and sampling green tea snacks. Other events such as the tea exhibition & sale, and a number of celebratory performances are also scheduled to be held during the festival period.

<strong>Programs</strong>
* Official Events · Evening Festival (The Night of Many Scents), Downtown Parade, Torch Relay, Pre-Opening Ceremony, Celebratory Performance & Fireworks
* Illimsan Mountain Royal Azalea Festival - Sansinje Ritual, Family Mt. Climbing, Sampling Green Tea and Sharing Green Tea Rice Cake in pursuit of Unification , Tying “Love Mt” Ribbons
* Exhibitions · Exhibition of Proper Attire for Tea Etiquette, World’s Fine Tea Cups Exhibition, Exhibition “The Life of Tea”, Exhibition of Boseong Tea Collection & Special Offers, Boseong Tourist Photo Exhibition, Environmental Photo Exhibition, local specialties & produce, Exhibition of House Plants, Exhibition of Forestry Equipment, Exhibition of Illimsan Mt. Ecological Samples, Exhibition of Wild Flowers, photo show titled “Love Nature”
* Hands-on Experience Programs · picking tea leaves, making tea, making tea bowls, cooking tea food, making green tea kimchi, Green Tea Beauty Health, making green tea rice cake, planting your own green tea seedlings, writing a family motto, celebrity 'meet and greet’ in promotion of green tea production, Trying out Nokdon (green tea pork), free sampling of green tea, making green tea soap, baking and sampling of green tea bread, trying out Hanji art craft, bus tour to green tea field

<strong>Date</strong> : May. 01, 2010 - May. 05, 2010
<strong>Venue</strong>: Green tea fields: Jeollanam-do Boseong-gun Boseong-eup
<strong>Transportation</strong>: From Yongsan Station, take the train headed towards Boseong (9:45am, 1 train daily/ est. travel time of 5hrs 40min) and get off at Boseong Station.
<strong>Contact</strong>: Korea Travel Phone +82-61-1330 (English, Japanese, Chinese) +82-61-850-5223~4 (Korean) / FAX:+82-61-850-5577

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