122879 전은선 광양매화축제입니다

Hello, everyone. My name is EUNSEON. I'll be your tour guide today.  Today's hot spot to go is Gwangyang! Every spring, Maehwa Village by Seomjingang River in Gwangyang si holds a festival to celebrate the peaking of maehwa(apricot) flowers. Do you know maehwa flowers? The maehwa flowers are the first flowers which signal the arrival of spring, bloom in early spring like these days. So, It's the First of spring festival in Korea. For me, Gwangyang is a lovely place, because Gwangyang's maesil has been did me good. I had an allergy to pollen. When i get close to flowers, after 10 minutes, my neck and chest was covered with a rash. But after drink a water with pure maesil extract, it has greatly improved. Since then, I love maesil and Gwangyang, too. This year, the Gwangyang International Maehwa Festival is scheduled to take place from March 23th through the 31th. We would take an express bus to Gwangyang Terminal, and take a taxi to Seomjin Village. But I guess there is a traffic jam from the Seomjin Village entrance. So, we'd rather walk. You can enjoy the walk beneath the apricot blossoms. Can you see plum trees over there? It looks like a carpet of pink cotton candy or papcorn.  Following our stop here, we'll watch the farm of a green maesil. This place has always been the main center of festival. Look at those old pots. There's about two thousand pots. These pots contain maesil,  the fruit of the maehwa flower. In Korea, people make tea and alcoholic drinks with maesil. We could enjoy all of that products like maesil makgeolli, maesil jam, maesil vinegar, maesil jangajji and so on.  Take a break and meet back here in thirty minutes. This is a perfect spot for a picture. Enjoy your self.  Our trips are all complete. So i'll say goodbye now. I hope you enjoyed your trip, and here's a little gift for you.  <외국인들에게 나눠줄 KOREAN POEM about Gwangyang Maehwa Festival>영어로 의역하면 시인이 전하고자 하는 의미가 제대로 전달될 것 같지 않아서 번역하지 않은 채로 나눠줄 생각으로 그냥 올렸습니다.::섬진강 매화꽃을 보셨는지요 - 김용택 詩 매화꽃 꽃 이파리들이하얀 눈송이처럼 푸른 강물에 날리는섬진강을 보셨는지요.. 푸른 강물 하얀 모래밭날선 푸른 댓잎이 사운대는섬진강가에 서럽게 서보셨는지요.. 해 저문 섬진강가에 서서지는 꽃 피는 꽃을 다 보셨는지요.. 산에 피어 산이 환하고강물에 져서 강물이 서러운 섬진강 매화꽃을 보셨는지요.. 사랑도 그렇게 와서 그렇게 지는지출렁이는 섬진강가에 서서 당신도 매화꽃 꽃잎처럼 물 깊이울어는 보았는지요.. 푸른 댓잎에 베인 당신의 사랑을 가져가는 흐르는 섬진강 물에 서럽게 울어는 보았는지요 ...<div> </div>