The Gyeongju Rice Cake and Korean Traditional Drink Festival

The Gyeongju Rice Cake and Korean Traditional Drink Festival, a leading cultural tourism festival in Gyeongju, brings together Gyeongju’s and the nation’s traditional alcoholic beverages and rice cakes in a single spot.

This cultural tourism festival positions Gyeongju as a world city of history and culture, spreading awareness far and wide of the flavors, charms, and pleasures of Gyeongju, as well as the diversity of cultural content deriving from Gyeongju’s long history and traditional culture as the millennium capital. Some of the main exhibitions and experiential events include exhibitions and demonstrations of traditional brewing techniques, traditional ddeok (rice cakes), traditional drinks of Korea’s Three Kingdoms, Silla Oddeok (five processes of making rice cakes), making Gayangju (home-made liquor), and grilling and eating the plain cylindrical rice cakes called garaeddeok

overview of Event
Name : Gyeongju Rice Cake and Korean Traditional Drink Festival 2012
Venue : Downtown areas including Bonghwangdae
Dates : October 13th, 2012(Sat.) ~ October 17th (Wed.) – 5 days
Host / Organize r: City of Gyeongju / Foundation of Gyeongju Culture
Phone: Foundation of Gyeongju Culture - (054) 779-7290~1, 748-7721
Website : http://www.fgf.or.kr